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Helps to Bible Study 



Proper Names and their Definitions^ 

from Cruden's Concordance 

to the Old and New 

Testament^ 

and from Young' s Analytical 

Concordance 

and 

The Symbolical Language of the 
Scripture^ with References 



The pronunciation of the names is taken 
from Young's Analytical 
Concordance 



1913: 
Jane Adams Selder, Publisher 

Burlington, Colo. 






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©CI. A 35.1832 



Copyright, 190 3 
By Jane E. Adams 

Copyright, 1913 
By Jane Adams Selder 



CHICAGO 



PREFACE 

This little book is a compilation designed to help 
students of the Scriptures, who, in their endeavor 
to gain the spiritual meaning, have learned the value 
of the definitions of the proper names in the Bible. 

These definitions are taken from Cruden's Con- 
cordance and from Young's Analytical Concordance, 
and all definitions given in either concordance will 
be found in this book. 

The pronunciation is taken from Young's Analyt- 
ical Concordance. For a further help the "Sym- 
bolical Language of the Scriptures" is included. 

These helps are put in convenient size and form 
for ready reference and the book is offered to the 
public only in the spirit, of a desire to aid in this 
important study. 



Proper Names of the Bible with their 

Definitions from Cruden's Concordance and 

FROM Young's Analytical 

Concordance 



Note. — The definition following the name is from 
Cruden's Concordance. The one from Young's Ana- 
lytical Concordance follows and is designated by *. 



AA'-RON — Signifies lofty, or mountainous; or, moun- 
tain of strength; or a teacher, or teaching. 
The first high priest of the Jews, the son 
of Amram, brother to Moses, He, at the 
desire of the people, made a calf, which 
they worshipped, and thereby committed 
a great sin. He was, with his sons, 
anointed and consecrated to the priest's of- 
fice. Lev., 8. "^Enlightened, illumined. 

AA-RO-NITES— *Lit. of or belonging to Aaron. 
A-BAD'-DON— The destroyer. Rev., 9-11. *Destruc- 

tion, i. e., destroyer. 
A-BAG'-THA — Father of the wine-press. *Happy, 

prosperous, felix. 
A-BA'-NA — Made of stone, or a building. ^Permanent, 

perennial. 
A-BA'-RIM — Passages, or passengers. ^Passages, fords, 

ridges. 
AB'-BA — Father. ^Aramaic word signifying ''father." 
AB'-DA — A servant, or servitude. ^Servant, slave, 

worshipper. 
AB'-DI — He is my servant. ^Servant of Jah. 
AB-DI'-EL — The servant of God; or, cloud of the 

abundance of God. ^Servant of God. 



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AB'-DON — A servant, or cloud of judgment. *Service, 

servile. 
A-BED-NE'-GO— Servant of light. Dan., 3-23. *Ser- 

vant of Nego. 
A'-BEL — Adam's second son, signifies vanity, or breath, 

or vapour. Gen., 4-4. "^Transitoriness. 
A'-BEL — A city, signifies mourning. *Fresh, grassy, 

meadow. 
A-BEL-BETH-MA-A'-CHAH— Alourning to the house 

of Maachah. "^Meadow of the house of 

Maachah. 

A-BEL-MA'-IM — The mourning of the waters; or, the 
valley of waters. *Meadow of the waters. 

A-BEL-]\IE-HO'-LAH — Sorrow or mourning of weak- 
ness, or of sickness. "^Meadow of the 
dance. 

A-BEL-MIZ-RA'-IM— The mourning of the Egyptians. 
Gen., 50-11. "^^Meadow or mourning of the 
Egyptians. 

A-BEL-SHIT'-TIjM— Mourning of the thorns. It was a 
city near the river Jordan in the wilder- 
ness. Num., 33-49. *Meadow of the aca- 
cias. 

A'-BEZ — An egg, or muddy. A city in the tribe of 
Issachar. Jos., 19-20. *White, shining. 

A'-BI — My father. The mother of Hezekiah. 2 Kings, 
18-2. *Jah is father. 



A-BI'-A, A-BI-AH— The Lord is my father, or the 
father of the Lord. *Jah is father. 

A-BI-AL'-BON— Most intelHgent father, or the father 
over the building; or, father of injury. 
^Father of strength. 

A-BI-A'-SAPH— ^Father of gathering. 

A-BI-A'-THAR— Excellent father, or father of him 
that survived. 1 Sam., 22-20. ^Father of 
superfluity. 

A-BIB — Green fruits, or ears of corn. ^Sprouting, 
budding. 

A-BI'-DA, A-BI'-DAH— The father of knowledge, or 
the knowledge of the father, One of the 
sons of Midian. Gen., 25-4. '''Father of 
knowledge. 

A-BI'-DAN — Father of judgment, or my father is judge. 

^Father of judgment. 
A-BI'-EL — God my father, or my God the Father. He 

zuas the father of Kish. 1 Sam., 9-L 

'^'Father of might. 
A-BI-E'-ZER — Father of help, or help of the father; 

or my father is my help. '''Father of help. 
A-BLEZ'-RITE— ^Belonging to Abiezer. 
A-BLGA'-IL — Father of joy, or the joy of the father. 

1 Sam., 25-3. *Source or cause of delight. 
A-BI-GIB-E'-ON— ^.Father of Gibeon. 



A-BI-HA'-IL— The father of strength, or father of 
trouble. '''Father of might. 

A-BI'-HU — He is my father, or his father. *He is my 
father. 

A-BI'-HUD— ^Father of honor. 

A-BI'-JAH — The will of the Lord, or the Lord is my 

father. "^My father is Jah. 
A-BL-JAAI— Father of the sea. ^Father of light. 

AB-LLE'-NE — The father of the apartment, or of 
mourning. A promise between Lib anus and 
Antilibanus, whereof Lysanias was tetrarcJi. 
Luke, 3-L "^Region of Abila. 

AB-LMA'-EL — Father sent from God, or my father 
comes from God. He was the son of 
Joktan, Gen., 10-28. *My father is God. 

A-BI-ME'-LECH— Father of the king, or my father 
the king. "^Father of the king. 

A-BI-NA'-DAB — Father of willingness ; or, my father 
is a prince. ^Father or source of liberality. 

A-BLNO'-AM — Father of beauty, or comeliness ; or, my 
father is beautiful. '''Father of pleasant- 
ness. 

A-BF-RAM— A high father, or father of fraud. *Fa- 
ther of elevation. 

A-BF-SHAG — Ignorance of the father. ^Father of 
error, i. e., cause of wandering. 



A-BI'-SHAI — The present of my father, or the father 
of the present; otherwise, the father of the 
sacrifice, or the sacrifice of my father. 
* Source of wealth. 

A-BI-SHA'-LOM — The father of peace, or the peace of 
the father; or, the recompense of the fa- 
ther. 1 Kings, 15-2. ^Father of peace. 

A-BI-SHU'-A — Father of salvation, or of magnificence, 
or the salvation of my father. 1 Chron., 
6-4. ^Father of safety. 

A-BF-SHUR— The father of the wall, or of upright- 
ness ; or, my father is upright. 1 Chron., 
2-28. ^Father of oxen. 

A-BF-TAL — The father of the dew; or, the father of 
,the shadow, according to tht Syriac. One 
of David's wives, 2 Sam., 3-4. ^Source 
of dew. 

A-BF-TUB — Father of goodness, or my father is good. 
1 Chron., 8-1 L ^Source of good. 

A-BF-UD — Father of praise, or glory of my father. 
^Father of honour. 

AB'-NER — Father of light, or the lamp of father, or 
the son of the father. ^Father of light. 

AB'-RAM— A high father ; the father of elevation. ^Fa- 
ther of height. 



AB-RA'-HA]\I — The father of a great multitude. At 
the command of God Abraham zi^ent out of 
Ur of the Chaldees, his native country, into 
Canaan, zchere the Lord promised to give 
thott land to his seed. The Messiah zuas 
promised to be of liis family, for in his 
seed all the families of the earth zi'ere to be 
blessed. Gen., 12-3. Acts, 3-25. Gal., 3-8. 
He zi'as circumcised zcith all his household, 
and taught his family to keep the commands 
of God. His faith zcas tried in being com- 
manded to offer up his son Isaac; but the 
angel of the Lord stayed him, and Isaac 
Zi'as exchanged ztnth a ram. Isaac in this 
matter zcas an eminent type and figure of 
Christ, zcho, in the time appointed by God, 
zcas to be offered up a sacrifice for the sins 
of those that believe in him. The spiritual 
children of faithful Abraham, are those that 
believe in lesus Christ, and do the zvorks 
of Abraham. John, 8-39. Rom., 4-16 and 
9-7. Gal., 3-7-29. ^Father of a multitude. 

AB-SA'-LO^I — Father of peace, or the peace of the 
father. "^Father of peace. 

AC'-CAD — A vessel, a pitcher; or, a sparkle. The city 
zvhere Nimrod reigned. Gen., 10-10. 
*Castle, fortress. 



AC-CHO — Close, inclosed, pressed together. *Com- 

pressed. 
A-CEL-DA'-MA— The field of blood. Acts, 1-19. *Por- 

tion of blood. 
A-CHAI'-A — Grief, or trouble. *Land of Achaicus. 
A-CHAr-CUS— A native of Achaia. ^Belonging to 

Achaia. 
A'-CHAN, A'-CHAR— He that troubles and bruises. 

^Trouble. 

A'-CHAZ— *He holds. 

ACH'-BOR — A rat ; otherwise, bruising or inclosing the 
well. He was father of Baal-hanan, the 
seventh King of Edom. Gen., 36-38. *A 
mouse. 

A'-CHIM — Preparing, confirming, or revenging. *Woes. 

A'-CHISH — Thus it is; or how is this? *Serpent- 
charmer. 

ACH-ME'-THA— A city. *A place of horses. 

A'-CHOR— Trouble. ^Trouble. 

ACH'-SA, ACH-SAH— Adorned; or, bursting of the 

veil. ^Serpent-charmer. 
ACH'-SHAPH — Poison, tricks ; or, one that breaks ; or, 

the lip or brim of anything. ^Dedicated. 

ACH'-ZIB — Liar, lying; or, that runs; or, that delays. 
*A winter brook, a lie. 



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AD-A'-DAH — The witness or testimony of the assembly. 
The name of a city. Jos., 15-22. *Border- 
ing. 

A'-DAH — An assembly. TJie zinfe of Lantech. Gen., 
4-19. Also the z^nfe of Esau. Gen., 36-2. 
^Pleasure. 

A-DA'-IAH— The witness of the Lord. The father o} 
Jedidah, mother of Josiali. 2 Kings, 22-1. 
"^Pleasing to Jah. 

A-DAL'-IA — One that draws water; or, poverty, or 
cloud, vapour, death. One of Hanians 
sons. Esth., 9-8. '^'Honour of Ized. 

AD'A]\I — Earthy, taken out of red earth. The name 
of the first man, who zvas made after the 
image of God, in a holy and happy estate, 
but by Iiis fall and disobedience broke cove- 
nant with God, and thereby brought him- 
self and all his posterity into an estate of 
sin and misery. Rom., 5-12. But our Lord 
Jesus Christ, the second Adam, is the 
Saviour and Redeemer of all that truly 
believe in him. Mark, 16-16. Acts, 4-12 
and 16-31. "^Of the ground, firm. 

A-DA'-MAH— Red earth. A city. Josh., 19-36. 

"^Ground, fortress. 
A-DA'-]\II — My man, red, earthy, human. A city. Jos., 

19-33. ^Fortified. 



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A'-DAR, or AD'-DAR— High or eminent. ^Height, 
honour. Fire god. 

AD-BE'-EL — A vapour, a cloud of God; otherwise a 
vexer of God. One of Ishmaers sons. 
Gen., 25-13. ^Languishing for God. 

AD'-DAN— ^Strong. 

AD'-DI — My witness, adorned, passage, prey. ^Mean- 
ing uncertain, 

AD'-DON — Basis, foundation, the Lord. The name of a 
place. Neh., 7-6L *Strong. 

A'-DER— *A flock. 

A-DI'-EL — The witness of the Lord. 1 Chron., 4-36. 
^Ornament of God. 

A'-DIN — Adorned, or voluptuous, dainty. Ezra, 8-6. 

^Ornament. 
A-DL-NA, A-DI'-NO— ^Ornament. 
A-DI-THA'-IM — Assemblies, or testimonies. Josh., 

15-36. *Two ways or passages. 
AD'-LAI — My witness, my ornament. 1 Chron., 27-29. 

*Lax, weary. 

AD'-MAH — Earthy, red earth. ^Earthwork, fortress. 
AD-MA-THA— A cloud of death, a mortal vapour. 
Esth., 1-14. *God-given. 

AD'-NA, or AD'-NAH— Rest, or testimony eternal. 1 
Chron., 12-20. ^Pleasure. 



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A-DO-NI-BE'-ZEK— The lightning of the Lord, or the 
Lord of hghtning; or, the Lord of Bezek. 
For he was king of this city. *Lord of 
lightning. 

A-DO-XI'-JAH — The Lord is my master. *Jah is my 
lord. 

A-DO-NI'-KAM— The Lord is raised, or my Lord hath 
raised me. *My Lord has risen. 

A-DO-Nr-RAAI— My Lord is most high, or the Lord 
of might and elevation. 1 Kings, 4-6. "^My 
Lord is high. 

A-DO-NI-ZE'-DEK— Justice of the Lord; or, the Lord 

of Justice. He was King of Jerusalem. 

Josh., 10-L *Lord of justice. 
A-DO-RA'-IM— Strength or power of the sea. 2 Chron., 

11-9. ^Double honour. 
A-DO'-RAM — Their beauty, their power, or their praise. 

He was David's tribute-gatherer. 2 Sam., 

26-24. "^High honour. 
AD-RAM-ME'-LECH— The cloak, glory, grandeur or 

power of the king. ^Honour of the king. 
AD-RA-MYT'-TIUM— The court of death, the mansion 

of death. 
A-DRT-A — The name of a city which gives name to the 

Adriatic sea, now the Gulf of Venice. 
AD-Rr-EL— ^Honour of God. 



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A-DUL'-LAM — Their testimony, their prey, or their 
ornament. ^Resting place. 

A-DUL'-LAM-ITE— ^ native of Adullam. 
A-DUM'-MIM— *Red places. 
AE-NE'-AS— *Praise. ■ 
AE'-NON — ""Natural fountain. 
AG-AB'-US— A locust, or the feast of the father. 
A'-GAG— Roof, floor. ^High, warlike. 
A-GA'-GITE — Of the race of Agag. ^Belonging to 
Agag. 

A'-GAR— See Hagan 
A'-GEE — '''Fugitive. 

A-GRIP'-PA — This word is Latin, and signifies one who 
at his birth causes great pain, who is born 
with his feet foremost, ager partus. 

A'GUR — A stranger, or gathering, or gathered together. 
'''Gatherer 

AH'-AB — The brother of the father, uncle or father of 
the brother. ^Father's brother =imcle. 

A-HA'-RAH— ^Brother of Rachel, or after a brother. 

A-HAR'-HEL— ^Brother of Rachel, or after might. 
A-HA'-SAI— '''My holder, protector. 
A-HAS'-BAI— '"Blooming, shining. 
A-HAS-U-E'-RUS— Prince, head, or chief. '''King. 
A-HA'-VA — Essence, or generation. '''Stream. 
A'-HAZ — One that takes and possesses. '''He holds. 



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A-HAZ-I'AH — Seizure, possession, or vision of the 

Lord. *Jah holds, possesses. 
AH'-BAN— ^Brother of intelhgence. 
A'-HER— *One that is behind. 
A'-HI— *My brother. 
A-HI'-AH— *Jah is a brother. 
A-Hr-AM— *A mother's brother. 
A-Hf-AN— ^Brother of day. 
A-HI-EZ'-ER— ^Helping brother. 

A-Hr-HUD — Brother of praise. The prince of the tribe 
of Asher. Num., 34-27. '^'Brother of 
honour; or, brother of mystery. 

A-HI'-JAH— *Jah is brother. 

A-HI'-KAM— A brother that raises up. *My brother 
has risen. 

A-HI'-LUD — A brother born. He was secretary to 
David. 2 Sam., 8-16. '''A brother born. 

A-HI-MA'-AZ — Brother of the council, or my brother is 
counsellor. ^Powerful brother. 

A-HI'-AIAN — A brother prepared, or brother of the 
right hand. ^Brother of man. 

A-HI-ME'-LECH— My brother is a king, or the brother 
of my king. ^Brother of the king. 

A-Hr-MOTH— Brother of death, or my brother is dead. 

1 Chron., 6-25. "^Brother of death. 
A-HI-NA'-DAB— *Brother of liberality. 



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A-HI-NO'-AM — The beauty and comeliness of the 

brother, or brother of motion. ^Pleasant 

brother. 
A-HI'-O — His brother, his brethren. *His brother. 
A-HI'-RA — -Brother of iniquity; otherwise, brother or 

companion of the shepherd. He was chief 

of the tribe of Naphtali, Num., 1-15. 

^Brother of evil. 
A-Hr-RAM— ^Exalted brother. 
A-HI-RAM'-ITE— ^Belonging to Ahiram. 
A-HI-SA'-MACH — Brother of strength or support, or 

my brother supports me. ^Supporting 

brother. 

A-HI-SHA'-HAR— ^Brother of the dawn. 
A-HT-SHAR — Brother of a prince, or brother of a song. 

He was steward of Solomon's household. 

1 Kings, 4-6. '''Brother of song. 

A-HI-THO'-PHEL— Brother of ruin or folly. ^Foolish 
brother. 

A-HI'-TUB — Brother of goodness, or my brother is 
good. *A good brother. 

AH'-LAB — Which is of milk, or which is fat; otherwise, 
brother of the heart. The name of a city. 
Judges, 1-31. ^Fruitful place. 

AH'-LAI — *Jah is staying. 
A-HO'-AH— *A brother's reed. 



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A-HO'-HITE — A descendant of Ahoah. ^Belonging to 
Ahoah. 

A-HO'-LAH — His tabernacle, his tent. *Her own tent. 
A-HO-Lf-AB — The tent, or tabernacle of the father. 
*A father's tent. 

A-HO-LI'-BAH — My tent and my tabernacle in her. 
*AIy tent is in her. 

A-HO-LI-BA'-MAH— My tabernacle is exalted. *Tent 
of the high place. 

A-HU'-MAI— ^Heated by Jah. 
A-HU'-ZAM— *A holding fast. 
A-HUZ'-ZATH— ^Holding fast. 
A'-I — A mass or heap. *The heap. 
A'-IAH— *A vulture. 
AI'-JA — "^A heap, a ruin. 
A-JAH— Same as AIAH. 
AI-ATH — The same as AI. *A heap, a ruin. 
AI-JA'-LON — A chain; otherwise, strength, or a stag. 
AI-JE-LETH SHA'-HAR— *Hind of the morning. 
A'-IN — *A natural fountain. 

A-JA'-LON — A chain ; otherwise, strength, or a stag. 
A'-KAN or JA'-KAN— ^Acute, twisted. 
AK'-KUB— *Lain in wait. 
AK-RAB'-BIM — '^'Curves or scorpions. 
A-LA'-]\IETH— *Youthful vigour. 

A-LAM-AIE'-LECH— God is king. A city. Josh., 19- 
26. '''The king's oak. 



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A-LA'-MOTH— *Soprano, or treble. 
A-LE'-METH— ^Hiding place. 

A-LEX-AN'-DER — Is a Greek word, and signifies one 
that assists men, or one that helps stoutly ; 
or, one that turns away evil. *Helper of 
man. 

A-LEX-AN'-DRI-A— A city in Egypt. *Of Alexander. 
AL'-IAH— Same as ALVAH. ^Sublimity. 
AL'-LAN— Same as ALVAN. ^Sublime. 
ALLELUIA — Praise the Lord, or praise to the Lord. 
'Traise Jah Hcb. AUelouia. 

AL'-LON— An oak, or strong. 1 Chron., 4-37. -An 
oak. 

AL-LON-BA'-CHUTH— The oak of weeping. The 
place where Rehekah's nurse was buried. 
Gen., 35-8. *Oak of weeping. 

AL-MO'-DAD— Measure of God. Gen., 10-26. *The 

agitator. 
AL'-MON— ^Hiding place. 
AL-MON-DIB-LA-THA'-IM. 
A'-LOTH — ^Ascents, steeps. 

AL'-PHA— The first letter of the Greek alphabet, 
marked A. "^First letter of the Greek 
alphabet. 

AL-PHE'-US — A thousand ; otherwise, learned, or chief. 
'^'Leader, chief. 



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AL-TASCHITH— ^Destroy or corrupt not. 

A'-LUSH— ^W'lld place. 

AL'-\\\H or AL'-IAH— ^Sublimity. 



AL'AWX 



Subli 



.ime. 

A:\r-AD— *A station. 
A'-]\IAL — "^Labouring. 

A-]\IA'-LEK — A people that licks up, or that takes 
away all; otherwise, a people that strikes, 
or that uses ill. "^AA'arlike, dweller in the 

vale. 

A-MA-LE-KITE— People descended from A^IALEK. 
"^Belonging to Amalek. 

A'-MA]\I — ^Gathering place. 
A-]\IA'-XA — Integrity and truth. "^Permanent. 
A-^vIAR-I'AH — The Lord says, or the excellency of the 
Lord. Zeph., 1-L "^Tah has said. 

A-MA'-SA — A forgiving people, or sparing the people; 
otherwise, the burden of the people. 
"^Burden-bearer. 

A-]\LV-SAI — "^Burden-bearer. 

A-]\L\SH'-AI — "^Carrying spoils. 

A-^L\S-r-AH— "^Tah has strength. 

A-MAZ-I'AH— The strength of the Lord. "^Jah has 

strength. 
A'-MI — ^Meauijig uncertain. 
A-:\IIX-A'-DAB— "^^ly people is willing. 
A-^IIT'-TAI— ^Truthful. 



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AM'-MAH— My people. *An aqueduct. 

AM'-MI— The same with A MM AH. *My people. 

AM-MI'-EL — *My people is strong. 

AM-Mr-HUD — People of praise; or, praise is with me. 

Num., 1-10. *My people is honourable. 
AM-Mf-HUR— *My people is noble. 
AM-MI-NA'-DAB— *My people is willing. 
AM-MI-NA'-DIB — My people is liberal, or prince of the 

people, or a people that vows. *My people 

is liberal. 

AM-MI-SHAD'-DAI— The people of the Almighty, or 
the Almighty is with me. Num., 1-12. 
*My people is mighty. 

AM-MI-ZA'-BAD— *My people is endowed. 

AM'-MON — A people, or the son of my people. *A fel- 
low countryman. 

AM-MO-NITES— .4 people that descended of BEN- 
AMMI, son of Lot by his youngest 
daugh ter, 

AM-MO-NI-TESS— Feminine o*f preceding. 
AM'-NON — Faithful and true; otherwise, foster-father, 

or tutor ; or, son of the mother. ^Tutelage, 

up-bringing. 
A'-MOK— *Deep. 

A'-MON— Faithful, true. ''^Workman. 
A-MO-RITE— Bitter, a rebel; otherwise, a babbler or 

prater. ^Mountaineer. 



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A'-]\IOS — Loading, weighty. "^Burden-bearer. 

A'-MOZ — Strong, robust. ^Strong. 

AAI-PHI'-PO-LIS — A city encompassed by the sea. 

"^ About the city. 
AM-PLI'-AS — Large, extensive. A Latin word. 
A3.r-RA]\I — An exalted people ; or, their sheaves, or 

handfuls of corn. "^Exalted people, or Red. 
AM-RA:\I-ITE— ^Belonging to Amram. 
AM-RA'-PHEL— One that speaks of hidden things ; or, 

one that speaks of judgment, or of ruin. 

"^Powerful people. 
A:\r-ZI— *My strength. 
A'-NAB— *A hill. 

A'-NAH — One Avho answers, or who sings ; otherwise, 
poor or afflicted. "^Answering. 

A-NA-HA'-RATH— ^Narrow way. 

A-NA-IWH — "^Jah answers. 

A'-NAK — A collar, or ornament. *Giant, long-necked. 

A-NA-KIM— ^Giants. 

A-NA'-^IDI— ^Rockmen. 

A-NAM-]\IE'-LECH — Answer, or song of the king and 
council. *The king's rock. 

A'-NAN— *He beclouds. 
A-XA'-NI— *]^Iy cloud i. e., protector. 
A-NAN-I'AH — "^Jah is a cloud /. e., protector. 
A-NAN-I'-AS— The cloud of the Lord. *Jah is gra- 
cious. 



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A'-NATH— *Answer. 

A-NA'-THOTH — Answer, song; or, affliction, poverty. 
^Answers. 

AN'-DREW — A stout and strong man. A Greek word. 
*Manly. 

AN-DRO'-NI-CUS — A man excelling others, a victor- 
ious man. Greek. ^Conqueror. 

A'-NEM— ^Double fountain. 

A'-NER — Answer, song, affliction, of light. *Sprout, 
waterfall. 

A-NE-THO-THITE— *A native of Anathoth, a place in 
Ben j amine. 

A-NI'-AM — '''Lamentation of the people. 

A'-NIM—* Fountains. 

AN'-NA — Gracious, merciful. *Grace. 

AN'-NAS — One that answers, that afflicts and humbles, 
or gracious, merciful. A high priest zvho 
sent Christ bound to Caiaphas, his father- 
in-law. *Grace of Jah. 

AN-TI'-OCH — For, or instead of a chariot ; or, equal in 
speed with a chariot. "^Meaning uncertain. 

AN-TI'-PAS— For all, or against all. One of the 
Martyrs slain by the people of Pergamus, 
Rev., 2-13. 

AN-TI-PA'-TRIS— For, or against the father. *Belong- 
ing to Antipater. 



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AN-TO-THr-JAH—* Answers of Jah. 
AN-TO-THITE— ^Belonging to Anathoth. 
A'-NUB— ^Strong or high. 

A-PEL'-LES — A Greek word from the verb meaning I 

exclude, I separate. 
A-PHAR-SA'-CHITES— *^Ieaning uncertain. 

A'-PHEK — A stream, a rapid torrent; or, strength, 

vigour. "^Fortress. 
A-PHE'-KAH— Same as APHEK. ^Fortress. 
A-PHr-AH— ^Striving. 
A'-PHIK— Same as APHEK. ^'Fortress. 
APH'-RAH— *Hamlet. 
APH'-SES— ^The dispersed. 
A-POL-LO-NF-A— Perdition, destruction. *Place of 

Apollo. 

A-POL'-LOS — One that destroys and lays waste. *A 
destroyer. 

A-POL-LY'-ON — One that exterminates or destroys. 
^Destruction, destroyer. 

AP-PA'-IM — "^Face, presence. 

AP-PHF-A — That produces, or is fruitful. Philem., 2. 

AP-PIFFO'-RUM— A town so called from Appius 
Claudius, whose statue was erected there. 
^Market of Appius Claudius. 

A-QUF-LA— An eagle. Latin. ^Eagle. 

AR — Awaking, watching, evacuation, uncovering. *City. 



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A'-RA—* Strong. 

A'-RAB— *A court. 

A-RA'-BAH— *The plain, wilderness. 

A-RA'-BI-A — Evening, or a place wild and desert ; 
or, hostages, ravens; and also, .mixtures ; 
because this country was inhabited by dif- 
ferent kinds of people. ^Wilderness. 

A'-RAD—* Fugitive. 
A'-RAH— ^Wayfarer. 

A'-RAM — Highness, magnificence;- otherwise, one that 
deceives, or their curse. ARAM signifies 
Syria in Gen., 22-21, and elsewhere. '''High, 
exalted. 

A-RA-MI-TESS— ^The female, Aramite. 

A-RAM NA-HA-RA'-IM— *Aram of two rivers. 

A-RAM ZO'-BAH— ^Aram of Tsobah. 

A'-RAN — ^Firmness. 

A.-RA'-RAT — The curse of trembling. "^Creation, holy 
land. 

A-RAU'-NAH — Ark, song, joyful cry, curse. *Jah is 
firm. 

AR'-BA— The city of the four. ^Strength of Baal. 
AR-BA-THITE— ^Belonging to Arabah. 
AR-BITE— *A native of Arab. 

AR-CHE-LA'-US— Prince of the people. ^People's 

chief. 
AR-CHE-VITES — ^Meaning uncertain. 



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AR'-CHI— *The long. 

ARCH-IP'-PUS — A governor of horses, or master of 
the horse. Greek. '''Chief groom. 

AR-CHITE— *The long. 

ARC-TU'-RUS — A gathering together. '''Group, crowd. 

ARD — One that commands, or he that descends. A son 
of Benjamin, Gen., 46-21. *Sprout, 
descent. 

AR-DITES— '''The Ardite, belonging to Ard. 

AR'-DON— ^Descendant. 

AR-E'-LI — The hght or vision of God. Gen., 46-16. 

'''VaHant, heroic. 
AR-E-LITES — ^The patronymic of Arelts family, 

A-RE-0-PA-GITE— Belonging to the council called 
Areopagus. '''Of the Areopagus. 

A-RE-O-PA'-GUS— r//^ hill of Mars; a place where the 
magistrates of Athens held their supreme 
council; from Greek meaning Mars, and a 
hill "'Mar's hill. 

A-RE'-TAS — One that is agreeable, that pleases, that is 
virtuous. '''Pleasing. 

AR'-GOB — A turf of earth, or fat land, or curse of the 

well. '''Strong. 
A-RI'-DAI — '''Meaning uncertain. 
A-RI'-DA'-THA— ^on of Haman. 
A-Rr-EH— "'Lion of Jah. 



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A-RI'-EL— The altar, light or lion of God. *Lion of 
God. 

A-RI-MA-THF;-A— A Hon dead to the Lord; or, the 
light of the death of the Lord; or simply 
Ramath, or Ramah, a city where Samuel 
dwelt. 1 Sam., 1-19. *A height. 

AR-I'-OCH — Long, great, tall; or, your drunkenness; 

or, your lion. *Lion-like. 
A-RI'-SAI — ^Meaning uncertain. 

A-RIST'-AR-CHUS — A good prince, the best prince. 

Greek. *The best ruler. 
A-RIST-O'-BU-LUS — A good counsellor, good advice. 

Greek. *The best counsellor. 
AR-KITE — ^Fugitive, belonging to Arka. 

AR-MA-GED'-DON— The mountain of Megiddo, or 
.the mountain of the gospel; otherwise, the 
mountain of fruits, or of apples. *Hill of 
Megiddo. 

AR-ME'-NI-A — A province which is supposed to take 
its name from Aram. '^'The Greek form of 
Ararat. 

AR-MO'-NI— *0f the palace. 
AR'-NAN— ^Strong. 

AR'-NON — Rejoicing, or leaping for joy ; or, their chest, 

or ark. *Rushing stream. 
A'-ROD — '''Descent, posterity. 



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A-RO'-DI— *My posterity. 

A-RO'-ER — Heath, tamarisk; or, the nakedness of the 

skin; or, nakedness of the watch, or of the 

enemy. "^Enclosed. 

A-RO-E-RITE— *Of Aroer. 

AR'-PAD — The Hght of redemption; or, that Hes down, 

that makes his bed. *A couch, resting 

place. 

AR'-PHAD— Srme as ARPAD. 

AR-PHAX'-AD— One that heals; or, one that releases, 
"^^.leaning uncertain. 

AR-TA-XER'-XES— In Hebrew Artachsasta, the silence 
of light, or light that imposes silence ; other- 
wise, joy that is in haste. A Persian name. 
*Great king. 

AR-TE'-MAS— Whole, sound, or without fault. * Whole, 

sound. 
A-RU'-BOTH— *Courts. . 
A-RU'-MAH— ^Height. 
AR'-VAD— ^Refuge. 
AR-VAD-ITES— ^Inhabiting Arvad. 
AR'-ZA— *Firm. 
A'-SA — Physician, or cure. ^Physician. 

A-SAH'-EL — The w^ork, or creature of God. *God is 

doer. 
A-SAH-rAH— *Jah is doer. 



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A-SA-I'AH — *The Lord hath wrought; or, a creature 

of the Lord. *Jah is doer. 
A'-SAPH — One that assembles together; or, one that 

finishes and completes. ^Collector, gatherer. 

A-SAR'-E' EL— *God is joined. 
A-SAR-E'-LAH— *Jah is joined. 

A-SE'-NATH — Peril, or misfortune. ^Dedicated to 

. Neit. 
AS'-ER — *The Greek form of Asher. 
A'-SHAN— *Smoke. 
ASH-BE'-A— ^Man of Baal. 
ASH'-BEL— *Man of Baal. 
ASH-BE-LITE— ^Belonging to Ashbel. 
ASH-CHEN-AZ— ^See Ashkenaz. 

ASH'-DOD — Inclination, leaning ; or, a wild open place ; 
or pillage, theft. '''Fortress, castle. 

ASH-DO-DITES— *The inhabitants of Ashdod. 
ASH'-DOTH PIS'-GAH— ^Springs of Pisgah. 
ASH-DO-THITES— *Same as ASHDODITES. 
A'-SHER — Blessedness, or happiness. *Happy. 
A-SHE-RITE— *The one of Asher. 
A-SHI'-MA — Crime; or, position; or, fire of the sea. 

The name of an idol. 2 Kings, 17-30. 

^Heaven. 
ASH-KE'-LON— *Holm oak. 
ASH-KE'-NAZ— A fire that distills or spreads. One of 

the sons of Gomer. Gen., 10-3. 



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ASH'-NAH— *Fortification. 
ASH-PE'-NAZ— *Meaning uncertain. 
ASH-RI-EL— *See ASRIEL. 

ASH-TAR'-OTH— Flocks, the sheep, or riches. nVife. 
ASH-TE-RA-THITE— *Of Ashteroth. 
ASH-TER'-OTH KAR-NA'-IM. 
ASH-TOR'-ETH— *Wife. 

ASH'-UR — One that is happy, that walks on prosper- 
ously. *Freeman. 
ASH-UR-ITES— *Belonging to ASHUR. 
ASH'-VATH— *Made, wrought. 
A-SI'-A— Muddy, boggy. 
A-SI'-EL — *God is doer. 

AS-KE'-LON — Weight, or balance; or, fire of infamy. 

*See ASHKELON. 
AS'-NAH— *Dweller in the thornbush. 
A-SNAP'-PER — Unhappiness, misfortune of the bull or 

calf ; or f ruitfulness, or increase of danger. 

*Asnap the great. 
AS-PA'-THA— *Horse-given. 
AS-RI'-EL, ASH-RI-EL— *God is joined. 
AS-RI-E-LITES— *The one of Asriel. 
AS'-SHUR, AS'-SUR— *Level plain. 
AS-SHU-RIM— *Mighty ones. 
AS'-SIR — Prisoner, fettered. 1 Chron., 3-17. *Prisoner. 

AS'-SOS — ^Approaching, coming near to. Acts, 20-13. 
*Also called Apollonia. 



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AS-SYR'-IA— ^Plain, level. 

AS'-SYRIAN— *Ashur. 

AS-TAR'-OTH— *Wife. 

A-SUP'-PIM— ^Gatherings. 

A-SYN-CRI'-TUS — Incomparable. '''Incomparable. 

A'-TAD— A thorn. ^Thornbush. 

A-TA'-RAH— *Crown, ornament. 

A-TA'-ROTH, AT'-ROTH— ^^Crowns. 

A'-TER — "^Bound, lame. 

A'-THACH— ^Lodging, inn. 

A-THA'-IAH— *Jah is helper. 

A-THAU-IAH— The time of the Lord. 

ATH'-LAI— *Jah is strong. 

A-THE-NI-ANS— Inhabitants of Athens, 
to Athens. 

A'-THENS — So called from Athene, or Athenaia. 
Minerva. 

AT'-ROTH— *See ATAROTH. 

AT-TAI — ^Seasonable. 

AT-TA'-LI-A — That increases or sends. 

AU-GUS'-TUS — Increased, augmented; or, royal, ma- 
jestic. "^Sacred, kingly. 

A'-VA— ^Region. 

A'-VEN — Iniquity, force, riches. ^Vanity. 

AV-IM, AV-ITES— ^Villagers. 

A-VITH— *Hut, village. 

A'-ZAL — ^Declivity, slope. 



*Jah is strong. 
^Belonging 



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A-ZAL'-IAH— *Tah is noble. 

A-ZAX'-IAH— *Jah is hearer. 

A-ZAR'-AEL— ^God is helper. 

A-ZAR'-EEL— *God is helper. 

A-ZAR'-L\H — Assistance, or help of the Lord ; or, he 

that hears the Lord ; or whom the Lord 

hears. "^Jah is keeper. 
A'^ZAZ— ^Strong. 
A-ZAZ-I'AH— ^Tah is strong. 
AZ'-BUK— ^Pardon. 

A-ZE'-KAH— Strength of walls. ^Breach. 
A'-ZEL— ^Noble. 
A'-ZE]\I — "^Fortress. 

AZ'-GAD — A strong army, or the strength of a troop ; 
otherwise, a gang of robbers, or a troop of 
soldiers. Ezra, 2-12. '^A\"'orship, supplica- 
tion. 

A-Zr-EL— ^God Is might. 

A-ZI'-ZA— ^Strong. 

AZ-]\L\'-\^ETH — ^Counsel or strength of death. 

AZ'-MOX— ^Fortress. 

AZ-XOTH TA'-BCR— The ears of Tabor ; or, the ears 
of choice, purity, contrition. Jos., 19-34. 
"^Ears or peaks of Tabor. 

A'-ZOR— ^Helper. 

A-ZO'-TUS— The same as ASHDOD, pillage, theft 
Acts, 8-40. "^Fortress, castle. 



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AZ-RI'-EL— *God is helper. 
AZ-RI'-KAM— *My help has risen. 
A-ZU'-BAH— *Forsaken. 

A'-ZUR — He that assists, or he that is assisted. Jer., 
28-1. *Helper. 

AZ'-ZAH— *Fortress. 
AZ'-ZAN— *Sharp. 
AZ'-ZUR— *Helper. 



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BA'-AL — He that rules and subdues ; or, master, lord, or 
husband. *Master, possessor. 

BA-A'-LAH — Her idol ; or, she that is governed or sub- 
dued, a spouse. A city. Jos., 15-9. *Mis- 
tress, possessor. 

BA-A'-LATH— ^Belonging to Baal. 

BA-A^LATH BE'-ER— *Lady of the well. 

BA-AL BE'-RITH— Idol of the covenant; or, he that 
possesses, or subdues the covenant. *Lord 
of the covenant. 

BA-A'-LE — "^Of Jiidah possessors of or in, 

BA-AL GAD — The idol of the troop, of the army, or of 
felicity; otherwise, the Lord is master of 
the troop. Josh., 11-17. *Lord of fortune. 



30 B 

BA-AL HA'-MON — One that possesses or rules a multi- 
tude ; a populous place. '''Lord of the multi- 
tude. 

BA-AL HA'-NAN— ^The Lord is gracious. 
BA-AL HA'-ZOR— *Lord of Hazor. 

BA-AL HER'-MON— The possessor of destruction; or, 
of a thing cursed, devoted, or consecrated 
to God. It is a mountain. Judg., 3-3, 
"''Lord of Hermon. 

BA-A'-LI — My idol, master, or lord over me. *My lord. 

BA-A-LIM — Idols, masters, false gods. *Master, pos- 
sessor. 

BA-A'-LIS — A rejoicing, or proud lord. *Lord of joy. 

BA-AL ME'-ON— The idol, the master of the house. 
*Lord of the habitation. 

BA-AL PE'-OR— Master of the opening. *Lord of the 
opening. 

BA-AL PE-RA'-ZIM— Master, or god of divisions, or 
he that possesses and enjoys divisions and 
dissipations. '''Lord of breaches. 

BA-AL-SHA-Lr-SHA— The third idol, the third hus- 
band ; or, that governs or presides over 
three. *Lord of Shalisha. 

BA-AL-TA'-MAR— Master of the palm tree. *Lord of 
the palm. 



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BA-AL ZE'-BUB— The master of flies. *Lord of the 
fly. 

BA-AL ZE'-PHON— The idol, or possession of the 
north ; or, hidden secret. *Lord of Typhon. 

BA-A'-NA— *Son of grief, patient. 

BA-A'-NAH — In the answer, in affliction. *Son of grief. 

BA-A'-RA — *A wood, or daughter of the fresh. 
BA-A-SE'-IAH— *Jah is bold. 

BA-A'-SHA — In the work, or in the compression; or, 
he that seeks and demands, or who lays 
waste. ^Boldness. 

BA'-BEL — Confusion, or mixture. ^Bah-il, gate of God, 

BABYLON— The same with BABEL. ^Confusion, gate 
of Bel. 

BA-BY-LO-NI-ANS— *Sons of Babel. 
BA-BY-LON-ISH— ^Belonging to Shinar. 
BA'-CA— Mulberry-tree. *Weeping. 
BACH-RITE— ^Belonging to Becher. 
BA-HA-RU-MITE— 6^^^ BARHUMITE, 
BA-HU'-RIM — Choice, warlike, valiant. *Low grounds. 
BA-JITH— A house. *House. 
BAK-BAK'-KAR— ^Diligent searcher. 
BAK'-BUK— *Waste, hollow. 
BAK-BUK'-IAH— *Wasted by Jah. 



32 B 

BAL'-AA]\I — The old age or ancient of the people, or 
their destruction; or, without the people. 
"^A pilgrim or lord of the people. 

BA'-LAC— See BALAK. 

BA-LA'-DAX — "^Having power. 

BA'-LAH— ^Withered, old. 

BA'-LAK — V\lio lays waste and destroys; or, who licks 
and laps. *\^oid, empty, waster. 

BA'-]\IAH — An eminence, or high place. "^High place. 
BA'-MOTH— ^High places. 
BA-AIOTH BA'-AL— ^High places of Baal. 
BA'-NI— ^Posterity. 

BAR-AB-BAS — Son of the father, or of the master, or 

the son of confusion and shame. "^Father's 
son. 

BA-RACH'-EL — AMio blesses God, who bends the knee 
before God. The father of Elihu. Job, 
32-2. ^Blessed of God. 

BAR-ACH-rAS— The same with BARACHEL. 
BA'-RAK — Thunder, or in vain. ^Lightning. 
BAR-HU'-MITE — "^Belonging to young men. 
BA-RI'-AH— ^Fugitive. 

BAR-JE'-SUS — Son of Jesus or Joshua. *Son of 
Joshua. 

BAR JO'-XA — The son of Jona, or of a dove. *Son of 
Johanan. 



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BAR'-KOS— *Party coloured. 

BAR-NA'-BAS — The son of the prophet, or of con- 
solation. "^Son of consolation. 

BAR-SA'-BAS — Son of return, or of conversion; or 
son of rest, or son of swearing. *Son of 
Saba. 

BAR-THO-LO'-MEW— A son that suspends the waters. 
*Son of Tolmai. 

BAR-TI-MAE'-US — The son of Timeus, or of the per- 
fect and honorable. "^Son of Timaeus. 

BA'-RUCH — Who is blessed, who bends the knee. 
^Blessed. 

BAR-ZIL'-LAI — Made of iron; or, the son of contempt. 
'''Strong, iron. 

BA'-SHAN — In the tooth, or in the ivory ; otherwise, 
in the change, or the sleep. *The fruitful. 

BA-SHAN HA-VOTH JA'-IR—Bashan of the villages 

of J air, 
BA-SHE'-MATH — Perfumed; or, confusion of death; 

otherwise, in desolation. ^Fragrant. - 

BAS'-MATH— ^Fragrant, spicy. 
BATH-RAB'-BIM— *Daughter of many. 

BATH-SHE'-BA — The seventh daughter, or the daugh- 
ter of an oath. ^Daughter of an oath. 

BATH SHU'-A— ^Daughter of prosperity. 
BA'-VAI— *Wisher. 



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BAZ'-LITH— *Asking. 
BAZ'-LUTH— ^Asking. 
BE-AL'-IAH— *Jah is lord. 
BE-A'-LOTH — *Ladies, mistresses. 
BE'-BAI— *Fatherlv. 
BE'-CHER— ^Youth, first-born. 
BE-CHO'-RATH— ^First birth. 

BE'-DAD — Alone, solitary, or, in friendship, in the 
bosom, or the nipple. He zcas father of 
Hadad. Gen., 36-35. "^Son of Adad. 

BE'-DAX — Only; or, in the judgment; or, according to 
judgment. "^Son of judgment. 

BE-DE'-IAH— ^Servant of Jah. 
BE-EL-IA'-DA— ^The Lord knows. 
BE-EL-ZE'-BUB— The same .with BAAL-ZEBUB. 

"^Lord of the fly. 
BE'-ER — A well. The name of a city. Xum., 21-16. 

"^A well, artificial. 
BE-E'-RA, or BE-E'-RAH, or BE-E-RI— ^Expounder. 
BE-ER-E'-LDI— ^Well of Elim. 

BE-ER LA-HAI'-ROI— The well of him that liveth and 
seeth me. Gen., 16-14. "^AA'ell of the liv- 
ing one that beholds me. 

BE-E'-ROTH— *\\^ells. 

BE-ER-O-THITE— ^Belonging to Beeroth. 



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BE-ER SHE'-BA— The well, or fountain of an oath; 
otherwise, the seventh well, or the well of 
satiety. '''Well of the oath. 

BE-ESH-TE'-RAH— *A house of Ashterah. 

BE-HE'-MOTH— ^A large beast. 

BEL — Ancient; or nothing, vain, or what is subject to 
change. The name of an idol. *Lord. 

BE'-LA, or BE'-LAH— ^Consumption. 

BE-LA-ITES— ^Belonging to Bela. 

BE-LF-AL — Wicked, or the devil. ^Worthless, reck- 
less, lawless. 

BEL-SHAZ'-ZAR — Master of the treasure, or who lays 
up treasures in secret. *The Lord's leader. 

BEL-TE-SHAZ'-ZAR — Who lays up treasures in secret ; 
or he that secretly endures pain and pres- 
sure. '''The Lord's leader. 

BEN — *Son, intelligent. 

BE-NA'-IAH — Son of the Lord; or, the understanding 
of the Lord ; or, the Lord's building. *Jah 
is intelligent. 

BEN AM'-MI — The son of my people. *Son of my 
people. 

BE-NE BE'-RAK— *Sons of lightning. 

BE-NE JA-A'-KAN— '''Sons of intelligence. 

BEN HA'-DAD— The son of Hadad, or of noise, clam- 
our, cry. *Son of Hadad. 



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BEX HA'-IL— *Strong, valiant. 
BEN HA'-NAX — *Very gracious. 
BE-NI'-NU— ^Posterity. 

BEX-JA'-MIN— The son of the right hand. *Son of the 

right hand. 
BEX^-JA-]\IITE — '^'Belonging to Benjamin. 
BE-XO— ^His son. 

BEX^-O'-X^I — Son of my grief, pain, sorrow. *Son of 

my sorrow. 
BEX-ZO'-HETH— ^Corpulent, strong. 
BE'-OX" — "^Lord or house of On. 
BE'-OR — Burning; otherwise, foohsh, mad, beast. 

"^Shepherd. 
BE'-RA— ^Gift. 

BE-RA'-CHAH — Blessing, or bending of the knee. 
"^Blessing. 

BE-RACH'-IAH— ^See BERECHIAH. 
BE-RA'-IAH— ^Jah is maker. 

BE-RE'-A — Heavy, weighty; from Greek meaning 
weight. 

BE-RECH'-IAH— *Jah is blessing. 

BE'-RED— *Seed place. 

BE'-RI — "^Expounder. 

BE-RI'-AH, or BE-RI-ITE— ^Unfortunate. 

BE-RITES— ^Belonging to Beri. 

BE'-RITH — Covenant. ^A covenant. 



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BER-NI'-CE— One that brings victory. 
BE-RO-DACH BAL-A'-DAN— *Bold. 
BE-RO'-THAH— *Food. 
BE-RO'-THAI— ^Cypresses of Jah. 
BE-RO-THITE— ^Belonging to Beroth. 
BE'-SAI — *Treading down. 
BE-SO-DE'-IAH— *Given to trust in Jah. 
BE'-SOR — Glad news, or incarnation. *Cool brook. 
BE'-TAH— Confidence. A city. 2 Sam., 8-8. *Con- 

fidence. 
BE'-TEN— *Height. 

BETH A-BA'-RA — The house of passage, or house of 

anger. *Place of passage. 
BETH A'-NATH, or BETH A'-NOTH— *House of 

echo. 
BETH'-ANY — The house of song, or of affliction ; other- 

w^ise, the house of obedience, or the house 

of the grace of the Lord. *House of dates 

or figs. 

BETH A-RA'-BAH— *House of the desert. 
BETH A'-RAM— *House or place of the height. 
BETH AR'-BEL— *House of God's court. 
BETH A'-VEN — The house of vanity, of iniquity, of 
trouble, of strength. *House of iniquity. 
BETH AZ-MA'-VETH— *House of Azmaveth. 

BETH BA-AL-ME'-ON— ^ tozvn of Moab, given to 
Reuben. 



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BETH BA'-RAH— ^Fording place. 

BETH BIR'-EI — The house of my Creator; or, the 
temple of my Creator. 1 Chr., 4-31. 
*Place of the city. 

BETH CAR — The house of the lamb ; or, the house of 
knowledge. A city. 1 Sam., 7-11. *Place 
of pasture. 

BETH DA'-GON — The house of corn; or, the habita- 
tion of the fish; or, the temple of the god 
Dagon. Josh., 19-27. '''House of Dagon. 

BETH DIB-LA-THA'-ni— The house of dry figs. 
BETH'-EL— The house of God. "^House of God. 
BETH-EL-ITE— ^Belonging to Bethel. 
BETH E'-MEK— *House of the valley. 
BE'-THER — Division ; otherwise, in the turtle, or in the 
* - trial, or perquisition. *Depth, separation. 

BETH ES'-DA — The house of efifusion; or, the house of 
pity, or mercy. *House of mercy. 

BETH EZ'-EL — A neighbour's house. *Place of decliv- 
ity. 
BETH GA'-DER— nValled place. 

BETH GA'-MUL — The house of recompense, or of the 
weaned ; or, the house of the camel. '^Place 
of the camel. 

BETH HAC-CE'-REM— The house of the vineyard. 

"^Place of the vineyard. 
BETH HA'-RAN— *High or strong place. 



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BETH HOG'-LAH—* Place cf magpies. 

BETH HO-RON— The house of wrath; or, the house 
of the hole, or of the cave, or of liberty. 
*Place of hollows. 

BETH JE-SHI'-MOTH— *Place of desolations. 
BETH LE-BA'-OTH— *Place of lionesses. 

BETH LE'-HEM— The house of bread, or the house of 
war. *Place of food. 

BETH-LE-HE-MITE— *Belonging to Bethlehem. 
BETH MA-A'-CHAH—* Place of oppression. 
BETH MAR-CA'-BOTH— *Place of chariots, 
BETH ME'-ON— *Place of habitation. 
BETH NIM'-RAH— *Place of flowing water. 
BETH PA'-LET— *A town in the south of Judah. 
BETH PAZ'-ZEZ— *A place of destruction. 

BETH PE'-OR — The house of gaping or opening. 
*House of the opening. 

BETH PHA'-GE — The house of the mouth, or the drain 
of the valleys ; or, the house of early figs. 
*House of figs. 

BETH PHE'-LET— *Same as BETH-PALET. 
BETH RA'-PHA— *Place of fear. 
BETH RE'-HOB— *Roomy place. 

BETH SAI'-DA— The house of fruits or of food, or of 
hunters, or of snares. *Place of nets. 



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BETH SHAX. or BETH SHE'-AX— The house of the 
tooth, or of ivory ; or, the house of change ; 
or, the dwelhng of sleep. "^House of se- 
curity. 

BETH SHE-:^IESH— The house of the son; or, the 
house of service, or of ministry. *House 
of the sun. 

BETH SHE:\I-ITE— .-J;z inhabitant of Bcthshemislu 
BETH SHIT'-TAH— ^Place of Acacia. 
BETH TAR-PU'-AH— ^Place of fruit trees. 
BE-THU'-EL— Filiation of God. ^Dweller in God. 
BE'-THUL— ^'Dweller in God. 
BETH ZUR— ^Place of rock. 
BE-TO'-XIM— ^Heights. 
BE-U'-LAH— Married. ^:Married. 
BE'-ZAI— ^Shining, high. 

BE-ZAL'-EEL — In the shadow of God. ^God is pro- 
tection. 

BE'-ZEK — Lightning; or, in the chains or fetters. 
"^Breach. 

BE'-ZER— ^Strong. 

BICH'-RI — First born, or first fruits ; otherwise, in the 
ram, or the sheep. "^Youth, first born. 

BID'-KAR — In compunction, or in sharp pain, in the 
wound. "^Servant of Kar. 

BIG'-THA — "^Given bv fortune. 



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BIG'-THAN, or BIG-THA'-NA— Giving meat. Esth., 

2-21. Called also Bigthana. Chap., 6-2. 
BIG'-VAI — *Happy, or of the people. 

BIL'-DAD— Old friendship, or old love. ^Lord Adad, 

or son of contention. 
BIL'-EAM— *Place of conquest. 
BIL'-GAH, or BIL'-GAI— ^Bursting forth, i. e., first 

born. 

BIL'-HAH, or BIL'-HAN— Who is old, troubled, or con- 
fused ; or which spreads itself. ^Tender. 

BIL'-SHAN— ^Searcher. 

BIM'-HAL— ^Circumcised. 

BI'-NEA— *Wanderer. 

BIN-NU'-I— *Familyship. 

BIR'-SHA— In evil; or son that beholds. Gen., ,14-2. 
*Thick, strong. 

BIR-ZA'-VITH— *01ive well. 

BISH'-LAM— ^In peace. 

BITH'-IAH— Daughter of the Lord. 1 Chron., 4-18. 

^Daughter of Jah, worshipper. 
BITH'-RON — Division; or, in his examination; or, 

daughter of the song; or, the habitation of 

the song, or of anger, or of liberty. ^The 

broken or divided place. 
BI-THYN'-IA — Violent precipitation ; from Greek word 

meaning violence, and the verb meaning I 

make haste. 



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BIZ-JOTH'-JAH— *Place of Jah's olives. 

BIZ'-THA— ^Eunuch. 

BLAS'-TUS — One that sprouts and brings forth. *A 
bud. 

BO-AN-ER'-GES — The sons of thunder, James and 
John, sons of Zebedee. *Sons of rage, 
soon angry. 

BO'-AZ or BO'-OZ — In strength, or in the goat. *Fleet- 
ness, strength. 

BO-CHE'-RU— ^Youth. 

BO'-CHIAI — The place of weeping or of mourners, or 
of mulberry-trees. *The weepers. 

BO'-HAN— *Stumpy. 

BO'-SOR— ^The father of Balaam. 

BO'-ZEZ — ]\Iud, bog; or, in him the flower. The name 
of a rock. 1 Sam., 14-4. ^Height, shining. 

BOZ'-KATH— ^Height. 

BOZ'-RAH — In tribulation or distress. "^Fortification. 

restraint, sheepfold. 
BUK'-KI or BUK-KI'-AH— ^Mouth of Jah. 
BUL — Changeable, perishing. Tlie name of a month, 

*Rain-god. 
BU'-NAH— ^Understanding. 
BUN'-NI— ^:\Iy understanding. 
BUZ — Despised, or plundered. "^Contempt. 
BU'-ZI — My contempt. "^Condemned of Jah. 



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BUZ'-ITE — A descendant from Bu:^. '''The one belong- 
ing to Buz. 



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CAB'-BON— ^Circle, hamlet, hilly. 

CA'-BUL — Displeasing or dirty. "^Dry, sandy. 

CAE'-SAR — A Latin name, from the word caedo, cut, 
because he was cut from his mother's 
womb; or from the word Caesaries, a head 
of hair, which he was said to be born with. 

CAE-SAR-E'-A— A bush of hair. 
CAE-SAR-E-A PHIL-IP'-PI— ^ town in Palestine. 
CAI-A'-PHAS — A searcher; or he that seeks with dili- 
gence. '''Depression. 

CA'-IN — Possession, or possessed. '''Acquisition. 

CAI'-NAN — Possesser or purchaser; or, one that la- 
ments ; or, the builder of a nest. '''Acquisi- 
tion. 

CA'-LAH — Favorable, opportunity ; or as the verdure, or 
green fruit. A city. Gen., 10-12. '''Firm. 
CAL'-COL — '''Sustaining. 

CA'-LEB — A dog, or crow, or a basket ; or, as the heart. 
'♦'Bold, impetuous. 



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CA-LEB EPH-RA'-TAH— A place so called by conjunc- 
tion of the names Caleb and his wife Eph- 
rath. SeeEPHRATAH. 

CAL'-NEH — Our consummation or all we; or, as mur- 
muring. "^Fort of Ana or Ann. 

CAL'-NO — Our consummation; according to others al- 
together himself. '^'Perhaps identical with 
Calneh. 

CAL-VA'-RY— The place of a skull. *A skull. 
CA'-MON — His resurrection. "^Standing place. 
CA'-NA — Zeal or emulation; otherwise, possession, la- 
mentation, the nest, cane or staff. 

CA-NA'-AN — A merchant, a trader. He was the son of 
Ham, and gave name to the land of Canaan. 
The Canaanites were a zincked people for 
they descended from a zvicked father. Gen., 
13-7. *Low, flat. 

CAN-DA'-CE — Who possesses contrition; or, pure pos- 
session. "^A queen of Ethiopia. 

CAN'-NEH— *Set up, distinguished. 

CA-PER-NA'-UAI— The field of repentance or city of 
comfort; otherwise, the propitiation of the 
penitent; or the town of pleasure, the hand- 
some city. "^Village of Nahum. 

CAPH'-TOR — A sphere, a buckle, a hand, a palm, doves, 
or those that seek and inquire. '''Cup. 



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CAFU-TO' -RIM— Inhabitants of Caphtor, 
CAP-PA-DO-Cr-A— In Hebrew CAPHTOR, which 

see. 
CAR'-CAS — The covering of a Iamb; or, the lamb of 

the throne. Esth., 1-10. *The seventh 

Chamberlain of Ahasuerus. Severe. 
CAR-CHE'-MISH — A lamb, as taken away, withdrawn, 

or carried off. '^'Citadel of Chemosh. 

CA-RE'-AH— *Bald head. 

CAR'-MEL — A circumcised lamb; otherwise harvest, 

full ears of corn, vineyard of God, excellent 

vineyard. "^Fruitful place. 
CAR-MEL-ITE — An inhabitant of Cannel. 
CAR-MEL-IT-ESS — Feminine of Carmelite. 

CAR'-MI — My vineyard; or, the knowledge of the wa- 
ters ; or, the lamb of the waters. *Fruit- 
ful, noble. 

CAR'-PUS— Fruit, or fruitful. *Fruit. 

CAR-SHE'-NA— *Lean, slender. 

CA-SIPH'-IA — Money, or covetousness. *White, shin- 
ing. 

CAS-LU'-HIM — A tribe descended from Misraim, 
CASTOR and VOlAJjy.~-Sons of Jupiter. 
CED'-RON— Black, or sad. *Torrent. 
CEN-CHRE'-A— Millet, small pulse. 
CE'-PHAS — A rock or stone. "^Rock man. 



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CHAL'-COL, CAL'-COL — Who nourishes, consumes 
and sustains the whole. ^Sustaining. 

CHAL-DE'-A — As demons, or as robbers, or breasts or 
fields. 

CHAL-DE-AXS, CHAL'-DEES— T/n'^ people appears 
till the captivity as the inhabitants of the 
country which had Babylon for its capital. 

CHA-NA'-AN— ^.See CANAAN. 
CHA-RA'-SHIM— ^Craftsman. 

CHAR'-RAN — A singing, or calling out, or the heat of 
wrath. *See HARAN. 

CHE'-BAR— Strength or power. Ezek., 10-15-20. 
^Joining. 

CHE-DOR-LA-O'-MER— As a generation of servitude ; 
otherwise, the roundness of the sheaf. Gen., 
14-4. *Sheaf band. 

CHE'-LAL — ^Completeness. 
CHEL'-LUH— ^Robust. 
CHE'-LUB— ^Boldness. 
CHE-LU'-BAI— ^Elsewhere called CABEB, 

CHE-MA'-RIMS— The name of Baal's priests. *Priests, 
servants. 

CHE'-MOSH^ — As handling or stroking, or as withdraw- 
ing or taking away. *Fire, hearth. 

CHE-NA-A'-NAH— *Flat, low. 

CHE-NA'-NI— *jah, creator. 



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CHE-NAN'-IAH — Preparation, or disposition or 
strength or rectitude of the Lord. 

CHE-PHAR-HA-AM-MO'-NAI— */^ town of Benjam- 
ine, once a "Village of the Amminites/' 

CHE-PHr-RAH— ^Village, hamlet. 

CHE'-RAN— ^Union. 

CHE-RE'-THIMS — Who cuts, who tears away and ex- 
terminates. 

CHE-RE-THITES— See CHERETHIMS. ^Execution. 

ers. 
CHE'-RITH — Cutting, piercing, slaying. *Trench. 
CHE-SA'-LON— ^Fortress. 
CHE'-SED — As a devil, or as a destroyer, or as a breast 

or nipple. Gen., 22-22. 

CHE'-SIL— *Fleshy, fat. 
CHE-SUL'-LOTH— ^Fatness, the loins. 
CHE'-ZIB— ^Deceitful. 
CHT-DON — '''Destruction, a javelin. 

CHIL'-EAB — Totality of the father, or the perfection of 
the father. 2 Sam., 3-3. 

CHIL'-ION — Finished, complete, perfect. ^Pining. 
CHIL'-MAD — As teaching or learning. 

CHIM'-HAM— As they, or like to them. *Longing, pin- 
ing. 
CHIN-NER'-ETH— ^Circuit. 
CHIN-NER'-OTH— P//./ra/ of Chinnereth, 



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CHI'-OS — Open, or opening. 

CHIS'-LEU — Rashness, confidence, the flanks. "^Orion, 

^lars. hunter. 
CHIS'-LOX— ^Strong. 

CHIS-LOTH TA'-EOR— ^Loins of Tabor. 
CHIT'-TIAI — Those that bruise, or gold; or, staining or 

dyeing. "^Terrible, giants ; Citium. Cyprus. 
CHI'-UX — An EgA-ptian God, whom some think to be 

Saturn. 

CHLO'-E — Green herb. 
CHO-RA'-SHAX — ^Smokmg furnace. 
CHO-RAZ'-IX — The secret, or here is a mystery. 
CHO-ZE'-EA— ^^Deceufuh 

CHE'B — People Ui aU'iaiice with Egypt in the time of 

NebucJiadiiez-zar. 

C HL'X' — "^Founding. 

CHL'-SHAX RISH-A-THA'-IAI— Ethiopian: or black- 
ness of iniquities. 

CHL""-ZA — The seer, or prophet; or Ethiopian. The 
husband of Joanna. 

CI-EI-CI'-A — AMiich rolls or overturns. 

CIX-XE'-RC>TH— ^Same as CHIXXEROTH. 

CIS — Same as Kish. Father of Saul. 

CLAE"-DA — A broken voice, a lamentable voice. It is 

an island. Acts. 27-16. 
CLAU-DI'-A— Lame. 2 Tim.. 4-21. 



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CLAU-DI'-US — A Roman officer, chief captain in Jeru- 
salem, 

CLE'-MENT— Alild, good, modest, merciful. Phil., 4-3. 

CLE-O'-PAS — Shortened form of Cleopatros or Greek 
form of Alphaeus, 

CLEO'-PHAS — The whole glory; or, glory altogether. 

CNI'-DUS — A city on a promontory of Caria, or Doris. 

COL-HO'-ZEH— ^Wholly a seer. 

CO-LOS'-SE — Punishment, correction; from the Greek 
word meaning I punish. 

CO-NAN'-IAH— *Jah is founding. 

CON'-IAH — The strength, or stability of the Lord. *Jah 
is creating. 

CO-NON'-IAH— ^Jah is creating. 

COOS — A small island on the cost of Caria, 

CO-RE — Greek form of Korah, 

CO-RINTH — Which is satisfied, or ornament, or beauty, 

CORINTHIANS— .4 native of Gorinth. 

COR-NE'-LIUS — Of a horn. Or as if it were the beam 
of the sun. Having a vision he sent for 
Peter, zvho first preached the gospel to the 
Gentiles. Acts, 10. 

CO-SAM — A son of Elmodam, 

COZ— ^Nimble. 

COZ-BI — A liar ; or, as sliding away. "^Deceitful. 

CRES'-CENS — Growing, increasing. 

CRETE, CRETIANS— Carnal, fleshly. 



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CRIS-PUS— Curled. 
CUSH — Ethiopians, or black. *Black. 
CU-SHAX — Ethiopia, black, blackness, heat. 
CU-SHI— The same. *Black. 
CUTH, or CU-THAH. 
CY'-PRUS — Fair, or fairness. 

CY-RE'-NE — A wall, or coldness, or meeting, or floor. 
CY-RE-NI- Ay:— People of Cyrene. 
CY-RE-NI-US— Who governs. 

CY'-RUS — As miserable, or as heir; or, the belly. *Sun, 
throne. 



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DE-BA'-REH— ^Pasture. 



DAB-BA'-SHETH — Flowing with honey; or caii:!ng in- 
famy. "^Height. 

DA-BE'-RATH — \\'ord, thing; or, a bee; or, su'jmissive 
and obedient. "^Pasture. 

DA'-GOX — Corn; or, a fish. "^Fish. 

DA-LA'-L\H— ^Jah is deHverer. 

DAL-]\IA-XU'-THA — A bucket; or exhaustion, lean- 
ness, branch. A country. ^lark, 8-10. 
DAL-]\IA'-TL\ — Deceitful lamps or vain brightness. 
DAL'-PHOX— ^Dropping. 



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DA-MA'-RIS— A little woman. 
DA-MAS-CENES— ^Belonging to Damascus. 

DAM-AS'-CUS— A sack full of blood, or similitude of 
burning, or of the kiss, or of the pot. 

DAN — Judgment, or he that judges. *Judge. 

DAN JA'-AN— *Dan playing the pipe. 

DA-NI'-EL — Judgment of God; or God is my judge. 
A prophet descended from the royal family 
of David, who was carried captive to Baby- 
lon zvhen he was very young. He inter- 
preted N ebuchadnezzar' s dreams, was cast 
into the lions den and saved, but his ad- 
versaries were devoured. He was favored 
with the vision of the four beasts, and of 
the ram and he-goat; Gabriel informeth 
him of the seventy weeks, zvJiich is a fam- 
ous prophecy of the time of the coming of 
the great Messiah. "^God is judge. 

DANITES— *Had-dani, the Danite. 

DAN'-NAH— *Low. 

DA'-RA, or DAR'-DA — Generation, or house of the 
shepherd, or of the companion, or, race of 
wickedness. 1 Chron., 2-6. *Bearer, 
holder. 

DA-RI'-US — He that inqires and informs himself. The 
king of the Medes. Dan., 5-31. "^Ety- 
mology uncertain. 



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DAR'-KON— ^Bearer. 

DA'-THAN — Laws, or rites. "^Fount. 

DA'-VID — Beloved dear. The son of Jesse, the king of 
Judah and Israel, zuho zvas a great type of 
the Messiah, the King and spiritual head of 
his church. It is taken for Christ himself, 
who zvas descended of the family of David. 
"^Beloved. 

DE'-BIR— ^Speaker. 

DE-BO'-RAH — A word, or a bee. *Bee, wasp. 

DE-CA'-PO-LIS — A Greek word compounded of two 
others meaning ten and a city, because this 
country contained ten cities. "^Ten cities 
collectively, 

DE'-DAN — Their breasts, or their friendship, or their 
imcle; or, a judge. *Low. 

DE-DA'-NIM — The descendants of Raamah. 
DE-HA-VITES — The inhabitants of modern Dehistan 

or Daikh. 
DE-KAR — "^Lance bearer. 
DE-LA'-IAH— *Jah is dehverer. 
DE-Lr-LAH — Poor, smah, or head of hair; or bucket. 

"^Languishing. 
DE'-MAS— Popular. 

DE-ME-TRI'-US— Belonging to Ceres, or to corn. 
DER-BE — A sting. A city of Lycaonia. 



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DE-U'-EL — The knowledge or science of God. Num., 
1-14. *God is knowing. 

DEUTERONOMY— y4 recapitulation of the law. 

DI-A'-NA — The Latin word may signify luminous. 
Greek word signifies perfect. *Artemis. 

DIB-LA'-IM— ^Double embrace. 

DIB'-LATH— ^Circle. 

DI'-BON — Understanding, abundance of knowledge, or 
of building. "^River course. 

DI'-BON GAD — Abundance of sons happy and power- 
ful; or, happy, or great understanding, or 
edifice. 

DIB'-RI — *On the pasture born. 

DI-DY'-MUS— A twin. ^A twin. 

DIK'-LAH— ^Palm Grove. 

DIL'-EAN— ^Gourd. 

DIM'-NAH— *Dung. 

DI'-MON— Where it is red. *River bed. 

DI-MO'-NAH— ''^Probably same as DIBON. 

DI'-NAH — Judgment, or who judges. ^Judged or 

avenged. 
DI-NA-ITES. 

DIN-HA'-BAH — His judgment in her, or she gives judg- 
ment ; or, who gives judgment. Gen., 36-32, 

DIO-NY-SI'-US — Divinely touched. From Greek word 
meaning divine, and I strike. 



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DI-O-TRE'-PHES— Nourished by Jupiter, or Jupiter's 
foster child. "^A disciple that loved pre- 
eminence. 

Df-SHAN— ^Leaping. 

Dr-SHON— *Same as DISHAN 

DI-ZA'-HAB— ^Golden, lord of gold. 

DO'-DAI— ^Beloved of Jah. 

DO-DA'-Xni, or RO-DA'-Xni— ^ race descended 
from Javan^ son of Japhct. 

DO-DA'-VAH— ^Jah is loving. 

BO'-DOSame as DODAL 

DO'-EG — Who acts with uneasiness; or, a fisherman. 
^Fearful. 

DOPH'-KAH— ^Cattle driving. 

DOR — Generation or habitation. "^Circle. 

DOR'-CAS — The female or roe-buck. Greek. *Doe, 
gazelle. 

DO'-THAN — The law, or custom. ^Double feast. 

DRU-SIL'-LA — Watered by the dew, from Greek word 
meaning the dew. 

DU'-MAH — Silence, or resemblance. ^Silence. 

DU'-RA — Generation or habitation. "^Circle. 



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E'-BAL — A heap, or collection of old age; or, a mass 
that runs away and disperses. "^Bare. 

E'-BED — A servant, or labourer. ^Servant, slave. 

EBED ME'-LECH — The king's servant. ^Servant of 
the king. 

E-BEN E'-ZER— The stone of help. *Stone of the 
help. 

E'-BER, E-BER-HE'-BER — One that passes, or a pas- 
sage; or, anger, wrath. "^A shoot. 

EB-IA'-SAPH — A father that gathers together, or adds ; 
or, my father who has added. 1 Chron., 
6-23. '''The father of gathering. 

EB-RO'-NAH— *Bank, beach, coast. 

ECCLESIA S'TES. 

ED— Witness. 

EDAR— *See EDER. 

E'-DEN— Pleasure, or delight. ^Delight. 

E'-DER— ^Flock. 

E'-DOM— Red, bloody, earthy, or red earth. *Red. 

E-DOM-ITES. 

ED-RE'-I — A great mass, or cloud, death of the wicked. 
The city of Og. Deut., 1-4. *Sown land. 

EG'-LAH — Heifer, chariot, round. "^Calf. 



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EG-LA'-IM — Drops of the sea. "^Double spring. 

EG'-LON— The same as EGLAH. ^Circle. 

E'-GYPT — In Hebrew, Mizraim; that binds or straight- 
ens; or that troubles or oppresses. 

E'-HI— *Unity. 

E'-HUD — He that praises. "^Strong. 

E'-KER— *Root. 

EK'-RON — Barrenness, tore away. '''Naturalization. 

EK-RON-ITE. 

EL-A'-DAH — *God is ornament. 

E'-LAH — An oak, a curse, oath, imprecation. *Oak. 

E'-LAM — A young man, a virgin; or, secret, or an age. 
^Youth. 

E-LA'-SAH— *God is doer. 

E'-LATH — A hind, or strength, or an oak. *Palm 

grove. 
EL-BETH'-EL— The God of Bethel. *God of the house 

of God. 
EL-DA'-AH— ^Whom God called. 
EL'-DAD — Loved of God, or favoured of God. *God 

is a friend. 
EL'-EAD — '''God is witness. 
EL-EA'-LEH — Ascension of God, or burnt-offering of 

God. *God is exalted. 
EL-EA'-SAH, E-LEA'-SAH— *God is doer. 
EL-EA-ZAR— The help of God, or court of God. '''God 

is helper. 



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EL ELO-HE IS-RA'-EL— Israel, God the God of Is- 
rael. *God, the God of Israel. 
E'-LEPH — *Union, ox. 

EL-HA'-NAN — Grace, gift or mercy of God. *God is 

gracious. 
E'-LI — The offering or lifting up. '^Jah is high. 
ELI ELI— My God, my God. *My God. 
E-LI'-AB — God my father, or my God father. *God 

is father. 
EL-IA'-DAH — The knowledge of God. '''God is knowing. 
E-LI'-AH— *God is Jah. 
EL-IAH'-BA— *God hides. 
EL-IA'-KIM — The resurrection of God; or, the God of 

the resurrection or of strength ; or, God the 

revenger. *God is setting up. 

E-LI'-AM — The people of God, or the God of the peo- 
ple. *God is founder of the people. 

E-LI'-AS— *The Greek form of ELIJAH. 

EL-IA'-SAPH— *God is gatherer. 

EL-IA'-SHIB — The God of conversion; or, my God will 
bring back. *God is requiter. 

E-LI-A'-THAH — Thou art my God ; or, my God comes. 
The son of Heman. 1 Chron., 25-4. *God 
is come. 

E-LI'-DAD— *God is a friend. 

E-LI'-EL— *God is God. 



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E-LI-E'-NAI — *Unto God are mine eyes. 
E-LI-E'-ZER — Help or court of my God. *God is help. 
ELIHOENAI— *See ELIOENAI. 
E-LI-HO'-REPH— The God of winter ; or, the God of 

youth. *God of harvest rain. 
E-LI'-HU — He is my God himself. *God himself. 

E-LI'-JAH — God the Lord; or the strong Lord. A 
famous prophet mho foretold a great 
famine and was fed by the ravens. 1 King, 
17-6. He was raised up by God to oppose 
idolatry, and particularly the worship of 
Baal, introduced into Israel by Jezebel and 
Ahab. 1 Kings, 18. He was taken up into 
heaven in a whirlwind. Our Lord Jesus 
Christ interprets the Elijah promised in 
Alal., 4-5 to be John the Baptist. Mat., 11- 
10-14. Who came in the spirit and pozver 
of Elijah . *My God is Jah, or God himself. 

E-LI'-KA— Pelican of God. 2 Sam., 23-25. *God is 
rejector. 

E'-LIM — The rams; or, the strong, or the stags, or the 
valleys. "Talm trees. 

E-LI-ME'-LECH— My God is king. *God is king. 

EL-IO-E'-NAI — Towards him are my eyes; or towards 
him are my fountains ; or towards him 
are my poverty and my misery. 1 Chron., 
3-23. *To Jah are mine eyes. 



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E-Lr-PHAL— *God is judge. 

E-LI-PHA'-LET, or E-LI-PHE'-LET— The God of de- 
liverance; or, my God who puts to flight. 
"^God is escape. 

E-LI'-PHAZ — The endeavour of God. '''God is dispenser. 
E-LI-PHE'-LEH— ^Jah is distinction. 

E-LI-SA'-BETH — God hath sworn, the oath of God, or 
the fullness of God. "^From the Heb. 
God is swearer. 

E-LIS-E'-US — Greek of Elisha. 

E-LI'-SHA — Salvation of God or God that saves. The 
name of a prophet whom Elijah anointed 
in his room, 1 Kings, 19-16. *God is 
saviour. 

E-LI'-SHAH— Son of Javan. Gen., 10-4. Or the isles 
of Elishah. Ezek., 27-7. It is God; or, 
the lamb of God ; otherwise, God that gives 
help. 

E-LI-SHA'-MA — God hearing. *God is hearer. 
E-LI-SHA'-PHAT— *God is judge. 
E-LI-SHE'-BA— See ELISABETH. *God is swearer. 
E-LI'-SHUA — God is my salvation. *God is rich. 
E-LI'-UD — God is my praise or the praise of my God. 
E-LI-ZA'-PHAN— *God is protector. 
E-LI'-ZUR — God is my strength, my rock; or, stone, or 
rock of God. Num., 1-5. *God is a rock. 



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EL-KA'-XAH — "^God is possessing. 
EL-KO-SHITE— ^Inhabitant of Elkosh. 
EL-LA'-S/\R — A Clialdcaii tozcn^ tJie city of Arioch. 

EL-]\IO'-DA]\I — The God of measure; or, the God of 
the garment. 

EL-XA'-Ai\I — "^God is pleasant. 

EL-XA'-THAX — God has given, or the gift of God. 
^God is giving. 

ELOI— *^Iy God. 

E'-LOX — Oak, or grove, or strong. "^Oak, strong. 

E-LOX BETH HA'-XAX— ^Oak of the house of grace. 

E-LO-XITES— ^Belonging to Elon. 

E'-LOTH — "^Oak or terebinth grove. 

EL-PA'-AL — "^God is working. 

EL-PA'-LET — ^God is escape. 

EL PA'-RAX— *Oak of Paran. 

EL-TE'-KEH— ^God is Teqe. 

EL-TE'-KOX— *God is firm. 

EL-TO'-LAD— ^God is begetter. 

EL'-UL — Cry, outcry. The sixth month of the Hebrew 
year. "^The gleaning month. 

E-LU'-ZAI — God is my strength. 1 Chron., 12-5. *God 
is strong. 

EL-Y'-]\IAS — This name in Arabic signifies a magician. 
"^A sorcerer. 



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EL-ZA'-BAD— *God is endowing. 

EL-ZA'-PHAN— *God is protecting. 

E'-MIMS — Fears of terrors ; or, formidable, or people. 
*The terrible. 

EM-MA-NU'-EL— *See IMMANUEL. 

EM-MA'-US — People despised or obscure. 
EM'-MOR— An ass. *See HAMOR. 
E'-NAM— ^Double fountains. 
E'-NAN— ^Fountain. 

EN'-DOR — Fountain; or, eye of generation, or habita- 
tion. ^Fountain of Dor. 

E-NE'-AS — Laudable, from the Greek verb meaning I 
praise. "^From Hebrezv, praise of Jah. 

EN EG-LA'-IM — The fountain, or the eye of the calves, 
or of the chariots, or of roundness. *Foun- 
tain of two calves. 

EN GAN'-NIM— ^Fountain of gardens. 

EN GE'-DI — Fountain, or eye of the goat, or of happi- 
ness. ^Fountain of Gad, or Kid. 

EN HAD'-DAH— *Swift fountain. 

EN HAK-KO'-RE— ^Fountain of the crier. 

EN HA'-ZOR— ^Fountain of the village. 

EN MISH'-PAT— Fountain of judgment. Gen., 14-7. 
^Fountain of judgment. 



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E'-NOCH — Dedicated, or disciplined, and well regulated. 
The son of Jared and father of Methuselah, 
Enoch and Elijah zvere translated to heaven 
without seeing death. It is said that Enoch 
walked with God, and he was not; for God 
took him. He lived in comfortable com- 
munion with God; God manifesting himself 
to him, and he having a lively sense of 
God's presence always upon his spirit, and 
seeking to approve himself to God in all 
things. Gen., 5-24. Heb., 11-5. ^Tuition, 
teacher. 

ENON — Cloud or mass of darkness; or, his fountain; 
or his eye. 

ENOS, or ENOSH — Fallen man, subject to all kind of 
evil in soul and body. ^Mortal. 

EN RIM'-MON— ^Fountain of Rimmon. 

EN RO'-GEL— The fuller's fountain. *The fuller's 
fountain. 

EN SHE'-MESH — Fountain, or eye of the sun. Josh., 
18-17. ^Fountain of the sun. 

EN TAP- PU'- AH— ^Fountain of Tappuah. 
EP-AE-NE'-TUS— ^ native of Asia or Achaia. 
EP-A'-PHRAS— Covered with foam. Greek. 

EP-A-PHRO-DF-TUS — Agreeable, handsome. One 
whom Paul sent to the Philippians. 



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EB-E-NE'-TUS — Laudable, worthy of praise. One that 
first embraced the gospel in Asia. 

E'-PHAH — Weary, tired ; or, to fly in the air as a bird. 
The son of Midian. "^Obscurity. 

E'-PHAI— ^Obscuring. 
E'-PHER — *Young deer or calf. 

E-PHES DAM'-MIM— The portion or efifusion of blood, 
or drop of blood. ^Extension of brooks. 

E-PHE-SI-AN — The people of Ephesus. '''Belonging 
to Ephesus. 

E-PHE'-SUS — Desirable, chief city of Asia Minor. 
EPH'-LAL— ^Judging. 
EPH-PHA-THA— Be opened. 
E'-PHOD— *Oracular. 

EPH-RA'-IM — That brings fruit, or that grows. *DoubIy 
fruitful. 

EPH-RA'-IN— ^Hamlet. 

EPH-RA-TAH, or EPH'-RATH— Abundance, or bear- 
ing fruits or increasing. It is believed that 
the city Euphratah, otherwise, called Beth- 
lehem^ took its name from Ephratah, Caleb's 
wife, ^Fertility. 

EPH-RA-THITE — An inhabitant of Ephratah, or a 
descendant from Ephraim. 

EPH'-RON— Dust. ^Strong. 



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E-PI-CU-RE'-AN — Who gives assistance; from the 
Greek word meaning I help, I assist. A 
sect of Heathen philosophers. 

ER — Watch, or enemy. ^Watcher. 

E'-RAN— ^Watcher. 

ERANITES — Belonging to Eran. 

E-RAST'-US — Lovely, or amiable. 

E'-RECH — Length, or which lengthens ; otherwise, 
health, physic. A city. Gen., 10-10. 
*Length, size. 

E'-RI— *My watcher. 

E'-RITES — ^Descendants of Eri, belonging to ER. 

E-SA-r-AS— See ISAIAH. *The Greek form of 
Isaiah. 

E-SAR HAD'-DON— That binds joy, or that closes the 

point. ^Victorious, conqueror. 
E'-SAU — He that does, or acts, or finishes. *Hairy. 
E'-SEK — Contention. ^Contention. 

ESH BA'-AL— The fire of the idol. 1 Chron., 8-33. *A 

man of Baal. 
ESH'-BAN— ^Man of understanding. 
ESH'-COL — A bunch of grapes. ^Cluster of grapes. 
ESH-E'-AN— *Slope. 
E'-SHEK— ^Strife. 

ESH-KA-LO-NITES— ^Belonging to ASHKELON. 
ESH-TA'-OL — Stout, strong woman. Josh., 15-33. 

*Hollow way. 



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ESH-TA-UL-ITES— ^Belonging to Eshtaol. 
ESH-TE-MO'-A, or ESU-TE'-MOH— Which is heard; 

or, the bosom of a woman. A city. 1 

Sam,, 30-28. 

ESH'-TON— ^Rest. 

ES'-LI — Near me; otherwise, he that separates. 
ES'-ROM — The dart of joy; or, division of the song. 
ES'-THER — Secret or hidden. *The planet Venus. 
E'-TAM — Their bird; or, their covering. 1 Chron., 4-3. 

*Wild beasts' lair. 
E'-THAM — Their strength, their sign. 
E'-THAN — Strong; or, the gift of the island. ^Ancient. 
E-THA'-NIM — Strong, or valiant. The seventh month 

of the ecclesiastical year of the Hebrews. 

"^The perennial. 
ETH-BA'-AL — Tov/ards the idol, or with Baal; or, he 

that rules and possesses. 1 Kings, 16-31. 

'''With Baal or Baal's man. 

E'-THER— ^Riches, fullness. 

E-THI-O-PI-A — In Hebrew Cush, blackness ; in Greek 

signifies heat, burning; from Greek words 

meaning, I burn and face. 

ETH'-NAN— *Gift. 

ETH'-NI— *My gift. 

EU-BU'-LUS — A prudent, a good counsellor. Greek. 

EU-NI'-CE— Good victory. 

EU-O-DI'-AS — Sweet scent, or that smells well. 



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EU-PHRA'-TES — That makes fruitful, or grows. 
"^Bursting, sweet. 

EU-TY'-CHUS — Happy, fortunate; from Greek words 
meaning, good and fortune. . 

EA'E — Living, or enlivening. ^Life, life-giving. 
E'-\^I — *Desire. 

E-A7L :\IE-RO'-DACH— The fool of ]\Ierodach, or 
despising the bitterness of the fool; or, 
otherwise, the fool grinds bitterly. 

EXODUS. 

EZAR— *See EZER. 

EZ'-BAI — "^Shining, beautiful. 

EZ'-BOX— ^Splendour. 

E-ZE-KI'-AS— Gr^^^ form of HEZEKIAH, 

E-ZE-KI'-EL — The strength of God, or supported of 
God, or God is my strength. "^God is strong. 

E'-ZEL — Going abroad, walk ; or, distillation. "^Division, 
separation. 

E'-ZE:M— ^Strength. 
E'-ZER — "^Help, union. 

EZ-IOX GA'-BER, or EZIOX-GEBER— The wood of 
the man, or of the strong; or, counsel of the 
man. A city. 1 Kings, 9-26. ' "^Backbone 
of a mighty one. 

EZ'-XITE — The one belonging to Etsen. 



EZ'-RA — A helper. In his book we have the history 
of his return from Babylon to Jerusalem 
after the seventy years captivity, Zerub- 
babel restored the temple ; Ezra the wor- 
ship of God; Nehemiah the city of Jeru- 
salem. *Help. 

EZ-RA-HITE — Belonging to Ezrach, 
EZ'-RI— *My help. 



FE'-LIX — Happy, or prosperous. *Happy. 
FES'-TUS — Festival, or joyful. 

FOR-TU-NA'-TUS — Happy, or prosperous. *For- 
tunate. 



GA'-AL — Contempt, or abomination. ^Rejection. 
GA'-ASH — Tempest, commotion, tumult, or overthrow, 
A mountain. Josh., 24-30. *Quaking. 

GA'-BA— ^Height. 
GAB'-B AI— *Ingatherer. 



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GAB-BA'-THA — High, or elevated. /// Greek a word 
mcajiing, paved z^'ith stones. ^Elevated 
place. 

GAB-RI'-EL — God is my strength ; or, man of God, or 
strength of God, or my strong God. *God 
is mighty. 

GAD — A band, or happy, or armed and prepared. *The 
seer, lot, fortune. 

GA-DA-RE-XES — Surrounded, walled. 

GAD'-DI — ]\Iy happiness, my army, my troop ; other- 
wise, a kid. The son of Susi. Num., 13-12. 
"^Belonging to fortune. 

GAD-DI'-EL — Goat of God; or, the Lord is my happi- 
ness, or my army. Xum., 13-10. *Gad is 
fortune bringer. 

GA'-DI — "^Fortunate. 

GAD-ITE. 

GA-HA:^I— ^Blackness. 

GA'-HAR — "^Prostration, concealment. 

GAI'-US — Lord; or an earthy man. ^From Latin Caius. 

GA-LAL — "^ Great, rolling. 

GA-LA-TLA.— \Miite, of the color of milk. 

GA-'LA-Tl-Ay:S— Inhabitants of Galatia. 

GALBAXU^I — A sort of gum, or sweet spice. *A 

Syrian gum. 
GAL'-EED — The heap of witness. "^Heap of witness. 



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GA-LI'-LEE — Wheel, revolution, or heap; or, revolu- 
tion of the wheel. *The circle. 

GAL'-LIM — Who heap up, who cover, who roll. *Foun- 
tains or heaps. 

GAL-LI'-O — He that sucks, or lives upon milk. 

GA-MA-LI'-EL — Recompense of God, or camel of God, 
or weaned of God. *God is recompenser. 

GAM-MA'-DIM— Soldiers placed in the towers of 
Tyrus. The zvord in Hebrew signifies a 
cubit, whence some call them pigmies, or 
dwarfs. Others think that the word is 
SyriaCj and signifies bold and courageous 
men. Others say they were men zvho came 
from Gammade, a town of Phenicia, 

GA'-MUL— ^Weaned, matured. 

GA'-REB — *Reviler, despiser. 

GAR-MITE — *The strong or bony one. 

GASH'-MU— *Corporealness. 

GA'-TAM — Their lowing; or, their touch; or, the low- 
ing of the perfect. Grandson of Esau. 
Gen., 36-11. "^Burnt valley. 

GATH — Press. *Wine press ; fortune. 

GATH HE'-PHER— *Wine press of ^the well. 

GATH RIM'-MON— The press of the granate ; or, ex- 
alted press. Josh., 21-25. *Wine press of 
Rimmon. 

GA'-ZA — Strong, or a goat. *The strong place. 



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GA-ZA-THITES, or GAZITES— Inhabitants of Gaza, 
or Azzah, 

GA'-ZER— ^Precipice. See GEZER. 
GA'-ZEZ — "^Shearer. 
GAZ'-ZAM — "^Devourer, swaggerer. 
GE'-BA— A hill, or cup. ^Height, hill. 
GE'-BAL — Bound, or limit. "^Border, hilly. 
GE'-BER— ^Strong. 

GE'-BIM — Grasshoppers; or, height. ^Springs, cisterns, 
ditches. 

GE-DAL'-IAH — God is my greatness; or, fringe of the 
Lord. *Jah is great. 

GE-DE'-ON — Greek form of Heh. Gideon, 
GE'-DER— ^Walled. 
GE-DE'-RAH— *Sheep cote. 
GE-DE-RA-THITE— /;z/zafo/7anf of Gederak 
GE-DE-RITE— *An inhabitant of Geder. 
GE-DE-ROTH— *Sheep cotes. 
GE-DE-RO-THA-IM— *Two sheep-folds. 
GE'-DOR — ^A city in the mountainous part of Judah. 
GE-HA'-ZI — Valley of sight, or vale of the breast. *De- 
nier, diminisher. 

GE-Lr-LOTH— ^Circles. 

GE-MAL'-LI— ^Camel owner. 

GE-MAR'-IAH- — Completion, or accomplishment of the 

Lord. 
GENESIS — Generation or beginning. 



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GEN-NE-SA'-RET — The garden of the prince; other- 
wise, protection of the prince, or of him 
that governs. 

GENTILES— ^Nation, a collective body. 

GE-NU'-BATH — Theft, robbery; or, garden, or protec- 
tion of the daughter. 1 Kings, 11-20. 

GE'-RA — Pilgrimage; or, combat, dispute. *Enmity. 

GE'-RAR— See GERA. ^Circle. 

GER-GE-SEN-ES — Those who come from pilgrimage, 
or from fight. A people beyond Galilee. 

GE-RI'-ZIM— Cutters. nVaste places. 

GER'-SHOM — A stranger there; or a traveler of repu- 
tation. *A stranger there. 

GER'-SHON — His banishment; or, the change of pil- 
grimage. 

GER-SHON-ITES — Descendants of Gershon. 
GE'-SHAM— *Firm, strong. 
GE'-SHEM — *Corporealness. 

GE'-SHUR— The sight of the valley; the vale of the 
ox; or the vale of the wall. *Bridge-land. 

GE-SHU'-RI, or GESHURITES— ^Inhabitants of 
Geshur. 

GE'-THER — The vale of trial, or of searching; or, the 
press of inquiry, or of contemplation. The 
son of Aram. Gen., 10-23. 



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GETH-SE-MA'-NE— A very fat valley; or, the valley 
of oil. "^Frovn Heb. winepress and oil 
farm. 

GE-U'-EL — '^'God of salvation. 
GE'-ZER — *A precipice. 
GE-ZER-ITES — "^The inhabitants of Gezer, 
GF-AH — To guide, draw out, produce ; or, a sigh or 
groan. ^Waterfall, ravine or glen. 

GIB'-BAR— *High, mighty. 

GIB-BE'-THON— ^Height. 

GIB'-EA— ^Highlander. 

GIB'-EAH, or GIB'-EATH— A hill. ^Height. 

GIB-EA-THITE— */n/ia&i7a;U of Gibeah. 

GIB-E'-ON — Hill or cup; otherwise, that which is with- 
out, or that which is lifted up ; or the eleva- 
tion of iniquity. "^Hill, height. 

GIBEONITES— P^o/>/^ of Gibeon. 

GIB-LITES — Inhabitants of Gebal. 

GID-DAL'-TI— *I have magnified. 

GID'-DEL— *Very great. 

GID'-EON — He that bruises and breaks ; or, cutting off 
iniquity. *Feller, hewer, sucker, i. e., great 
warrior. 

GID-EO'-XI— See GIDEON. 
GID'-OM— ^Desolation. 

GI'-HON — Valley of grace ; or, breast, or impetuous. 
'''Stream. 



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GI-LA'-LAI— ^Rolling, weighty. 

GIL-BO'-A — Revolution of inquiry, or collection of 

swelling and inflammation. ^Bubbling 

fountain. 

GIL'-EAD — The heap or mass of testimony. *Strong, 
rocky. 

GIL-EAD-ITES — "^Descendants of Gilead. 

GIL'-GAL — Wheel, revolution, heap ; otherwise, revo- 
lution of the wheel, or heap of heap. *Cir- 
cle, wheel. 

GI'-LOH — He that rejoices, that overturns, that passes, 
that reveals, or discovers. A city. Josh., 
15-51. ^Circle. 

GIM'-ZO— ^Sycamore. 

GI'-NATH— ^Protection. 

GIN-NE'-THON— *Great protection. 

GIR-GA-SHITES, GIR-GA-SITE— Who arrives from 

pilgrimage. 
GIS'-PA, or GISH'-PA— ^Listening, attentive. 
GIT'-TAH HE'-PHER — A town in Zehulon, also called 

Gath-hepher, 
GIT-TA'-IM — *Two wine-presses. 
GIT-TITE — A wine-press. 
GI-ZO-NITE. 

GO'-ATH, GO'-AH— ^Constance. 
GOB — Cistern, or grasshopper, or eminence. *A pit or 

hollow. 



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GOG — Roof, covering. "^High, mountain. 
GO'-LAX — Passage, ^or revolution. *Circle. 
GOL-GO'-THA— A heap of sculls. *A skull. 

GOL-I'-ATH — Passage, revolution, discovery, heap. A 
giant slain by David. *An exile or sooth- 
sayer. 

GO'-MER — To finish, complete, accomplish; otherwise, 
consuming, a consumer. '^'Completion, 
heat. 

GO-MOR'-RAH, or GOMORRHA— A rebellious peo- 
ple; or, the people that fear. '^'Fissure, 
submersion. 

GO'-SHEN — Approaching, drawing near. 

GO'-ZAN — Fleece or pasture; or, who nourishes the 
body. *Food. 

GRE-CI/\, or GREECE — TJie country of the Greeks. 

GRECIANS — Sons of the Javanim. 

GREEK — A native of Greece, not a Jezv or barbarian, 

GUD-GO'-DAH— ^Incision. 

GU'-NI— ^Protected. 

GU-NITES — '^'Descendants of Guni. 

GUR — The young of a beast; otherwise, dwelling, as- 
sembly, or fear. "^Dwelling, lion's whelp. 

GUR-BA'-AL— ^Dwelling of Baal. 



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HA-A-HASH-TA'-RI— *The courier. 
HA-BA'-IAH— *Jah is protection. 

HA-BAK'-KUK — He that embraces; or, a wrestler. 

*Love's embrace. 
HA-BA-ZIN'-IAH— r/i^ head of the family of the 

Rechabites. 
HA'-BOR— ^United. 
HA-CHAL'-IAH— Who waits for the Lord; or, the 

hook of the Lord. Neh., 10-L *Jah is 

hidden. 
HA-CHL-LAH — My hope is in her; or, hook in her. 

^Drought. 

HACH-MO'-NI— *The wise. 
HACH-MO-NITE— 7/ia^ is, son of Hachmoni. 

HA'-DAD — Joy, noise, clamour, cry of mariners. Gen., 
36-35. 1 Chron., 1-30. ^Mighty. 

HA-DAD-E'-ZER— The beauty of assistance. ^Mighty 
is the help. 

HA-DAD-RIM'-MON— The voice of height. Rimmon 
zvas a God of the Syrians; the invocation of 
the God Rimmon, *Hadad of Rimmon. 

HA'-DAR — ^Inclosing, fire God, powerful. 

HA-DAR-E'-ZER— *Hader is help. 



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HA-DA'-SHAH- -*New. 
HA-DAS'-SAH— A myrtle, or joy. *Myrtle. 
HA-DAT'-TAH— *New. 
HA'-DID— *Peak, sharp. 
HAD'-LAI— *Lax. 

HA-DO'-RAM — Their beauty, their power, their cloke; 
or, praise, or a cry hfted up. *Hadar is 
high. 

HAD'-RACH — Point, or joy of tenderness ; or, your 
chamber. *Periodical return. 

HA'-GAB— *Bent. 

HA-GA'-BAH, UA-GA'-BA—Same as HAGAB. 
HA'-GAR — A stranger, or that fears. *Wandering. 
HAG-A-RENE, or HAG-A-RITE— 0/ the family of 
Hagar. 

HAG'-GAI — Feast, solemnity, turning round. *Festive. 

HAG'-GI— Same as HAGGAI. *Festive. 

HAG-GE'-RI— *Wanderer. 

HAG-GI'-AH — A descendant of Merari the son of Levi. 

HAG-GITES — *The posterity of Haggite. 

HAG'-GITH — Rejoicing. *Festive. 

HA'-I— *The heap. 

HAK-KA'-TAN— *The little one. 

HAK'-KOZ— *The nimble. 

HA-KU'-PHA— *Incitement. 

HA'-LAH— 5'aOT^ as CALAH. 

HA'-LAK — *The smooth mountain. 



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HAL'-HUL— *Full of hollows. 
HA'-LI — A town on the boundary of Asher. 
HA-LO'-HESH, or HAL-LO'-HESH— *The whisperer. 
HAM — Hot, heat, or brown. *Swarthy, dark coloured. 
Also multitude. 

HA'-MAN — Noise, tumult ; or, he that prepares. '•'Cele- 
brated. Haman, Hom. 

HA'-MATH — Anger, heat or a wall. *Defenced, walled. 

YiA-MATli-lTY.— Belonging to Hamath. 

HA-MATH ZO'-BAU— Fortress at Zobah. 

HAM'-MATH— *Warm springs. 

HAM-ME-DA'-THA— He that troubles the law; or, 
measure. *Given by Hom. 

HAM-ME'-LECH— *The king. 

HAM-MO-LE'-KETH— *The queen. 

HAM'-MON— *Hot springs. 

HAM-MOTH DOR— ^ city of Naphtali. 

HA-MO'-NAH— *Multitude. 

HA-MON GOG— The multitude of Gog. *Multitude by 

Gog. 
HA'-MOR — An ass, or clay or wine. *Large jackass. 
HA-MU'-EL— *God is a sun. 
HA'-MUL— *Pity. 
liA-M\J-Lli:Y.S— Belonging to Hamul. 

HA-MU'-TAL— The shadow of his heat; or, the heat 
of the dew. 2 Kings, 23-31. *God is fresh 
life; kin to the dew. 



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HA-NAM'-EEL — The grace that comes from God; or, 
pity, or gift of God. *Gift or grace of God. 
HA'-NAN— ^Merciful 

HA-NAN'-EEL — Grace, mercy, gift of God. *God is 
gracious. 

HA-NA'-NI — My grace, my mercy; or, he has showed 

me mercy. ^Gracious. 
HA-NAN'-IAH — Grace, mercy, gift of the Lord. *Jah 

is gracious. 
HA'-NES— ^Mercury. 
HAN'-NAH — Gracious, merciful; or taking rests. The 

zmfe of Elkanahj and mother of Samuel. 

"^Grace. 

HAN-NA'-THON— ^Dedicated to grace. 
HAN-NI'-EL, or HANIEL— God is gracious 
HA'-NOCH— Dedicated. ^Dedicated. 
}lA-^0-CRlTY.S— Belonging to Chanok. 

HA'-NUN — Gracious, merciful; or, he that rests. '''Gra- 
cious. 

HAPH-RA'-IM— ^Double two wells, or two pits. 
HA'-RA— *Hill country. 
H A-RA'-D AH— ^Terror. 

HA'-RAN — Mountain, or mountainous country; or, 
which is enclosed. The son of Terah, 
'''Strong, enlightened. 

HA-RA-RITE— ^Mountaineer. 



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HAR-BO'-NA, HAR-BO'-NAH— His destruction, or his 
sword, or his dryness ; or, the anger of him 
that builds, or that understands. *Ass- 
driver. 

HA'-REPH— *Early born. 
HA'-RETH— *Thicket. 
HAR-HA'-IAH— *Jah is protecting. 
HAR'-HAS— *GHtter, splendour. 
HAR'-HUR— *Nobility, distinction. 
HA'-RIM— *Snub-nosed. 
HA'-RIPH— *Early born. 

HAR-NE'-PHER— ^ son of Zopher of the tribe of 
Asher. 

HA'-ROD — Astonishment, fear. *Terror, trembling. 
YiA-RO'D-11^— Belonging to Herod. 
HA-RO'-EH— *The seer. 
HA-RO-RITE — Belonging to Haror. 
HA-RO'-SHETH — Agriculture, silence, deafness ; or, 
vessel of earth ; or forest. *Forest. 

HAR'-SHA— *Artificer. 
HA'-RUM— *Elevated. 
HA-RU-MAPH— Fa^/j^r of Jedaiah. 
HA-RU-PHITE, HA-RI-PHITE— A Korhite. 
HA'-RUZ— *Industrious. 
HA-SAD'-IAH— *Jah is kind. 
HA-SE-NU'-AH— *The violated. 
HA-SHAB'-IAH— *Jah is associated. 



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HA-SHAB'-NAH, or HA-SHAB-XI'-AH— *Jah is a 
friend. 

HASH-BAD'-AXA, HASH-BAD-DA-NA. 
HA'-SHE:\I— *Shining. 

HASH-MO'-XAH — Diligence, or enumeration ; or, em- 
bassy, or present. Num., 33-29. *Fruit- 
fulness. 

HA'-SHUB, HAS'-SHUB— *Associate. 
HA-SHU'-BAH— *Association. 
HA'-SHUM— *Shining. 
HASH-U'-PHA—* Nakedness. 
HAS'-RAH— ^Splendour. 
HAS-SE-XA'-AH— *The thorn hedge. 
HAS'-SHUB— *Same as HASHUB. 
HA-SU'-PHA— *Xakedness. 
HA'-TACH— He that strikes. Esth., 4-5. 
HA'-THATH— *Bruised. 

HA-TI'-PHA — The (Bene) Hatipha were among the 
Xetliiiiiin tliat returned from Babylon. 

HA-TI'-TA— *Exploration. 
HAT'-TIL— *Decaying. 
HAT'-TUSH— ^Contender. 
HAU'-RAX— *Cave district. 

HA-VI'-LAH — That suffers pain ; that brings forth ; or, 
that speaks, or declares to her. Gen., 10-7. 
*CircIe, district. 



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HA'-VOTH JA'-IR— The villages that enlighten, or 

that shew forth light. Num., 32-41. *Vil- 

lages of Jair. 
HA-ZA'-EL — That sees God. *God" sees. 
HA-ZA'-IAH— *Jah is seeing. 
HA-ZAR AU-DAR—Addar-town, 
HA-ZAR E'-NAN— *Court of the fountains. 
HA-ZAR GAD'-DAH— *Court of Gad. 
HA'-ZAR HAT-Tr-CON— ^Middle Hazar. 
HA-ZAR-MA'-VETH— Court, or entry, or dwelling of 

death. The son of Joktam. Gen., 10-26. 

*Court of death. 

HA-ZAR-SHU-AL— *Fox or jackal village. 

HA-ZAR SU'-SAH, or HA-ZAR-SUSIM— *Horse vil- 
lage. 

HA-ZE-LEI-PO'-NI — Shade, and sorrow of counte- 
nance; or, submersion of the face. *Pro- 
tection of the face of. 

HA-ZE'-RIM— ^Villages, courts. 

HA-ZE'-ROTH — Villages, hamlets ; court, or porch. 
^Courts, villages. 

HA-ZE-ZON TA'-MAR— *Row of palms. 

HA-ZI'-EL — *God is seeing. 

HA'-ZO — '''Vision, seer. 

HA'-ZOR — Court, or law. ^Enclosed. 

HA-ZOR HA-DAT'-TAH— *New court or village. 



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HE'-BER — One that passes, or a passage; otherwise, 
anger, wrath. "^ Shoot, production, also 
companion. 

UE-BE-RITES— "^Belonging to Heber. 
HE'-BREW — Descended from Heber. "^Belonging to 
Eber. 

HEBREWESS— .J Jezcess. 

HEB'-ROX — Society, friendship, enchantment. "^Ford, 
company. 

HE-BRO-XITES— r/?r people of Hebron. 
HE'-GAI, or HE'-GE — ^Meditation, word, taking away, 
separation, groaning. 

HEL'- AH— "^Tenderness. 

HE'-LA^I — Their army, or their trouble, their strength; 
or expectation; or, dream. 

HEL'-BAH— ^Fertility. 
HEL'-BOX— Milk, or fatness. ^Fruitful 
HEL'-DAI— The world. ^Enduring. 
HE'-LEB, or HE'-LED— ^Fat. 
HE'-LEK— ^Portion. 
UEL-E-KITES— Descendants of Helek. 
HE'-LE^I— ^Strength. 
HE'-LEPH— ^Place of rushes. 
HE'-LEZ— ^Strength. 
HE'-LI — Ascending, or climbing up. 
HEL'-KAI — "^Tah is a portion. 
HEL'-KATH— ^Portion. 



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HEL-KATH HAZ-ZU'-RIM— The field of strong men, 

or of rocks. *Field of rocks. 
HE'-LON— ^Strong. 

HE'-MAM — Their trouble, their tumult. The son of 
Lotan. Gen., 36-22. ^Raging. 

HE'-MAN — Much, or in great number; otherwire, 
tumult. 1 Kings, 4-31. *Faithful. 

HE'-MATH— ^Warmth. 
HEM'-DAN— ^Pleasant. 
HEN — Grace; or, quiet; or, rest. *Grace. 
HE'-NA— *Low land. 
HE-NA'-DAD— *Hadad is gracious. 
HENOCH— ^^^ ENOCH and HANOCH. 
HE'-PHER— *A digging, a well. 
HE-PHER-ITES— ^Belonging to Chepher. 

HEPH-Zr-BAH— My pleasure, or delight in her. The 

mother of Manasseh. 2 Kings, 21-1. The 

true church thus called, Isa., 62-4. *My 
delight is in her. 

HE'-RES— ^Heat, sun. 
HE'-RESH— *Work, silence. 
HER'-MAS— ^Mercury, interpreter. 

HER'-MES — Mercury, or grain, or refuge. Greek. 
*Mercury, interpreter. 

HER-MO-GE'-NES— Begotten of Mercury, or genera- 
tion of Lucre. Greek. 



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HER'-]\ION — Anathema, destruction. "^Prominent, 
rugged. 

HE'-ROD — The glory of the skin, from Greek word 
meaning favor, glory, and the skin ; or, son 
of the hero. 

HE-RO-DI-ANS— See Appellatives. 
HE-RO-DI'-AS— The wife of Herod. 

HE-RO-DI'-ON — Song of Juno; from Greek words 
meaning Juno, and a song; or, the con- 
queror of heroes. 

HE'-SED— ^Kindness. 

HESH'-BON — Invention, industry, or thought; or he 

that hastens to understand, or to build. 

^Stronghold. 

HESH'-MON— *Fruitfulness. 

HETH — Trembling, or fear. '^Terrible. 

HETH'-LON — Fearful dwelling; or, his covering. The 

name of a city. Ezek., 47-15. '^'Lurking 

place, stronghold. 

HEZ-E'-KI— *Jah is strength. 

HEZ-E-KI'-AH — Strong in the Lord; or, taken and 
supported by the Lord. *Jah is strength. 
HEZ'-ION— ^Vision. 
HE'-ZIR — ^Returning home. 
HEZ'-RAI— ^Blooming, beautiful. 
HEZ'-RO— *Bloom.ing. 



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HEZ'-RON — The dart of joy; or, division of the song. 
"^Blooming. 

UEZRONITES—D escendajits of Hezron. 

HID'-DAI— *Mighty, chief. 

HID-DE'-KEL — A sharp voice, or sound. *Rapid. 

HT-EL — God Hves, or the life of God. *God is Hving. 

HI-E-RA'-PO-LIS — Holy city; from Greek words mean- 
ing holy and a city. Col., 4-13. '''Priestly 
city. 

HIG-GA'-ION — Meditation, consideration. 

HT-LEN — ^Strong place. 

HIL-KI'-AH — God is my portion; according to others, 
the Lord's gentleness. *Jah is protection. 

HIL'-LEL — He that praises; or, folly; or, Lucifer. The 
father of Abdon, Judg., 12-13. '''Praised 
greatly. 

HIN'-NOM — There they are; or, their riches. '''Gratis. 

HI'-RAH— '''Nobility, distinction. 

HI'-RAM — Exaltation of life; or, their whiteness; or, 
their liberty; or, he that destroys, or an- 
athematizes. 

HIT-TITES — Who is broken, or fears. Descendants 
of Hethj the son of Canaan. Gen., 10-15. 

HIV-ITES — Wicked, bad, or wickedness. '''Villager, 
midlander. 

HIZ-KI'-AH, or HIZ-KL-JAH— '^Jah is strong. 
HO'-BAB — Favoured and beloved. '''Beloved. 



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HO'-BAH — Love, friendship, or secrecy. Gen., 14-15. 
'''Lurking place. 

HOD— *Glory. 

HO-DA'-IAH— ^Honour of Jah. 

HO-DAV'-IAH— ^ chief of the half tribe of Manasseh, 

HO'-DESH— '^New moon. 

HO-DE'-VAH— *Jah is honour. 

HO-DL-AH, or HO-DV-'iAR—Same as JEHUDIJAH. 

HOG'-LAH — His festival, or his dance. ^Magpie. 

HO'-HAM — *Jah protects the multitude. 

HO'-LON— ^Strong place. 

HO'-MAM— ^Raging. 

HOPH'-NI — He that covers ; or, my fist. *Strong. 

HOR — Who conceives, or shows. *Mountain. 

HO'-RAM— ^Elevated. 

HO'-REB — Desert, solitude, destruction, dryness. 
*Waste. 

HO'-REM— ^Fortress. 

HOR HA-GID'-GAD— The hill of felicity. *Hill of the 
cleft. 

HO'-RI— *Free, noble. 

HO'-RIM, or HO-RITES— ^&on^ma/ inhabitants of 
Mt. Seir. 

HOR'-MAH — Devoted or consecrated to God; utter de- 
struction. ^Fortress. 

HO-RO-NA'-IM — Anger, or raging. ^Double caves. 

HO-RO-NITE— Anger, fury, or liberty. 



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HO'-SAH— *Refuge. 

HOSANNA— *Save, we pray thee ! 

HO-SE'-A — Saviour, or salvation. *Jah is help. 

HO-SHA'-IAH — Whom Jehovah has set free. 

HO-SHA'-MA— *Jah is hearer. 

HO-SHE'-A— *Same as HOSEA. 

HO'-THAM, or HOTHAN— *Determination. 

HO-THIR—* Abundance. 

HUK'-KOK, or HU'-KOK— *Ditch. 

HUL — Plain, infirmity, bringing forth children, sand, or 

expectation. The son of Aram. Gen., 

10-23. *Circle. 

HUL'-DAH— The world. A prophetess. 2 Kings, 22- 
14. *Weasel. 

HUM'-TAH— *Enclosed place. 
HU'-PHAM— *Protected. 
WJ-YYiK-MYT^S— Descendants of Hupham. 
HUP'-PAH, or HUP'-PIM— *Protection. 
HUR — Liberty, whiteness, hole, cavern. *Free, noble. 
HU'-RAI— *Free, noble. 
HU'-RAM— *Noble, free. 
HU'-RI — *Linen weaver. 
HU'-SHAH— *Haste. 

HU'-SHAI — Their haste, or their sensuality, or their 
silence. *Quick. 

HU'-SHAM— *Hasting. 
KU-SHA-TKnE— Inhabitants of Hushah. 



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HU'-SHIM— ^Hasting. 

HUZ— *Firm. 

HUZ'-ZAB— :\Iolten. ^Established. 

HY-ME-XE'-US— Nuptial, or marriage. *Xuptial 



IB'-HAR — ^Election, or he that is chosen. , ^Chooser. 
IB-LE'-AM— *Place of victory. 
IB-NE'-IAH, or IB-NI'-JAH— ^Jah is builder. 
IB'-RI — *Passer over, Hebrew. 
IB'-ZAX— ^Splendid. 

I-CHA'-BOD — Where is the glory ? or, woe to the glory. 
"^Where is the honour, inglorious. 

I-CO-Xr-U:\I— A city, from Greek I come. 

ID-A'-LAH— ^Memorial of God. 

ID'-BASH— *Stout, corpulent. 

ID'-DO — His hand, his power, his praise, his witness, 

his ornament. ^Honourable. Also festal, 

opportune. 

I-DU-ME'-A— Red, earthy. . ^Territory of Edom. 

IG'-AL— ^Deliverer. 

IG-DAL'-IAH — The greatness of the Lord; or, the 
Lord shall exalt me, or make me great. A 
man of God. Jer., 35-4. *Jah is great. 



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IG-E'-AL — Same as IGAL. 
I'-IM — ^Circles, heaps. 

I-JE A-BA'-RIM— *Heaps of the further region. 
I'- JON— Look, eye, fountain. A city. 1 Kings, 15-20. 
*Heap. 

IK'-KESH— ^Subtile. 
r_LAI— ^Elevated. 
IL-LY-RI'-CUM— Joy, rejoicing. 

IM'-LA, IM'-LAH— Plentitude, or repletion; or, cir- 
cumcision. *FulfilHng. 

IM-MA-NU'-EL — A name given to our Lord Jesus 
Christ. Isa., 7-14. It signifies, God with 
us. *God is with us. 

IM'-MER — '''Projecting; prominent. 
IM'-NA— ^Withdrawing. 
IM'-NAH— ^Prosperity. 
IM'-RAH— *Height of Jah. 
IM'-RI— *Pro j ecting. 

IN-DLA — Praise, law. A considerable country in the 
east. Esth., 1-1. 

IPH-E-DE-IAH— The redemption of the Lord. 1 
Chron., 8-25. *Jah is freeing. 

IR— *Watcher. 

T-RA — City, watch, spoil ; or, effusion, or heap of vision. 
One of David's rulers, 2 Sam., 20-26. 
^Watcher. 



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I'RAD — A\'ild ass ; or. heap of descents, or of empire. 
The son of Enoch. Gen., 4-18. 

I'-RA^^I — A duke of Edoni of the fa}nily of Esau. 
I-RI — "^Jah is watcher. 

IR-I'-JAH — The fear of the Lord, or vision of the Lord, 
or protection of the Lord. Jer., 37-13. 
"^Jah is seeing. 

IR-XA'-HASH — "^Serpent city; magic city 

IR'-OX— ^Place of terror. 

IR-PE'-EL — "^God is healer, or restored bv God. 

IR SHE'-MESH— *City of the sun. 

r-RU— ^W'atch. 

IS'-AAC — Laughter. The son of Abrahiani and Sarah, 
being the seed promised to them by God, 
Abraham, for the trial of his faitJi zcas 
commanded to offer up his son Isaac, and 
ZL'ent to tlie place appointed, Mt. Moriah, 
zi'here afterzcards the temple zi'as built; and 
binding Isaac, and taking a knife to kill 
Iiim as a sacrifice, lie z^'as staid by the angel 
of the Lord, and Isaac zcas exchanged for 
a ram, caught in a thicket. Isaac taketli 
Rebekah to z^'ife, by zAiom he had tzuo soiis, 
Esau and lacob; lie seiids liis eldest son 
Esau for venison, and Rebekah instructs 
Jacob the younger to obtain the blessing. 
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I-SA'-IAH — The salvation of the Lord. As the priests 
and Levites were the ordinary teachers of 
the Jewish church, so God sometimes raised 
up and sent extraordinary messengers, the 
prophets. Among these Isaiah is justly 
accounted the most eminent, both for the 
majesty of his style and the excellency of 
his matter, zvJiercin he so fully and clearly 
describes the person, offices, the sufferings 
and kingdom of Christ, that he is commonly 
called the Evangelical Prophet. "^Jah is 
helper. 

IS'-CAH — He that anoints; or, that covers, or protects. 
The daughter of Haran, Gen., 11-29. *Jah 
is looking. 

IS-CA-RF-OT — Is thought to signify a native of the 
town of Iscarioth. A man of murder ; from 
[Heb.] ish, a man, and [Heb.] careth, he 
that cuts off, or exterminates. Others main- 
tain, that the surname given to Judas signi- 
fies that he was of the tribe of Issachar, a 
word signifying recompense, restitution. 
This traitor verified his nativity, by receiv- 
ing the price of the blood of his Master 
Jesus Christ; from the word [Jleb.] sachar, 
to receive a recompense. *Man of Keri- 
oth (?) 

ISH'-BAH— *Appeaser. 



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ISH'-BAK — Who is empty or exhausted; or, who is for- 
saken or abandoned. One of Abraham's 
sons. Gen., 25-2. *Free. 

ISH-BI BE'-NOB— He that sits in the prophecy, or in 
the word, or in the production ; otherwise, 
conversion, or blowing or respiration in 
prophecy. A giant. 2 Sam., 21-16. 
'''Dweller on the mount. 

ISH-BO'-SHETH — A man of shame; or, the retarding 
of the man. "^^Man of shame. 

ISH'-I— *My help. 

I'_SHI— ^My husband. 

ISH-r-AH, or ISH-r-JAH— ^Jah exists. 

ISH'-MA— ^High, elevated. 

ISH-]\IA'-EL — God who hears. "^God is hearing. 

ISH-AIA-EL-ITE, ISH-ME-EL-ITE— 7A^ posterity of 
IshniaeL 

ISH-]\LV-L\H— ^Tah is hearing. 

ISH-ME'-RAI— *Jah is keeper. 

I'- SHOD— *}ylan of honour. 

ISH'-PAN— *Firm, strong. 

ISH'-TOB— ^Man of Tob. 

ISH-U'-AH, ISH-U'-AI, or ISH-UI— *Self-answering 
or satisfied. 

TS-MACH'-IAH— *Jah is supporter. 

IS-MA'-IAH— ^Jah is hearing. 

IS'-PAH — "^Firm, strong. 



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IS-RA'-EL — A prince with God, or prevailing with God; 
or, one that wrestleth with God ; as if it had 
been written Ish-rael. The name given by 
God to Jacob. Gen., 32-28 and 35-10. 
Israel is often in scripture taken for the 
people of God. Exod., 6-6-7. "^RuHng with 
God. 

IS-RA-EL-ITE, or ISRAELITISH— T/z^ posterity of 
Israel, or belonging to Israel. 

IS-SA'-CHAR — Price, reward, or recompense. *Bear- 
ing hire, reward. 

ISSHIAH, I-SU'-AH, or ISUI— *Same as ISHIAH. 

ITALIAN — Belonging to Italy. 

ITALY — A Latin word, that has its original from 
Vitulus, or vitula, because this country 
abounded in calves and heifers. According 
to others, it is taken from a king called 
Italus. 

I-THAI — *Being, existing. 

I-THA-MAR — Island of the palm tree; or, of palms; 
or, changing of the isle; or, woe to the 
palm, or to the change. 

I-THI-EL— God with me; or, sign, coming of God. 
*God is. 

ITH-MAH— *Purity. 

ITH'-NAN— ^Strong place. 

ITH'-RA— ^Excellence. 



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ITH'-RAX— ^Excellent. 

ITH-RE'-A]\I — Excellence of the people. 2 Sam., 3-5. 

^Remnant of the people. 
ITH-RITES— ^Belonging to Jether. 
IT-TAH KA'-ZIX— ^Kindred of the extremity. 
IT'-TAI — "^Being, living. 

I-TU-RE'-A — Which is guarded; or, a country of moun- 
tains. 

r-\"AH — Iniquity. "^Hamlet, or the god Iva, sky. 
IZE'-HAR, or IZ-HAR— ^Shining. 
IZEHARITES— T/ze descendants of Izehar, 
IZ-HAR-ITES— -^Belonging to Izhar. 
IZ-RAH'-IAH — "^Jah is appearing. 
IZ-RAH-ITE — Probably same as Zarnite, 
IZ'-RI — "^Creator, former. 



JA-A'-KAX— ^Intelligent. 

JA-A-KO'-BAH— *To Jacob. 

JA-A'-LA— ^Elevation. 

TAA'-LA]\I — Who is hidden ; or, young man ; or their 

kids. Son of Esau, Gen., 36-5. 
JAA'-XAI— ^Answerer. 
JA-A-RE O-RE'-Cni— ^Foresters. 



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JA-A'-SAU— ^Maker. 

JA-A-Sr-EL— *God is maker. 

JA-A-ZAN'-IAH, or JA-A-ZAN-IA— Whom the Lord 

will hear, or who is attentive to the Lord; 

or, the balances, the arms, the nourishment 

of the Lord. *Jah is hearing. 
JA-A'-ZER, JA-ZER— ^Fortified. 
JA-A-ZI-I'-AH— ^Jah is determining. 
JA-A-Zr-EL — *God is determining. 
JA'-BAL— Which glides away; or, that brings, or that 

produces. ^Moving. 
JAB'-BOK — Evacuation, or dissipation. ^Running, 

flowing. 
JA'-BESH — Dryness, confusion, shame. "^Dry place. 
JA-BESH GIL'-EAD— ^ city in Gad. 
JA'-BEZ — Sorrow, or trouble. ^Height. 

JA'-BIN — He that understands, he that builds. '''Intel- 
ligent. 

JAB-NE'-EL — Building of God; or, understanding of 
God. A city. Josh., 19-33. *God is 
builder. 

JAB'-NEH— ^Building. 
JA'-CHAN— ^Afflicting. 

JA'-CHIN — He that strengthens and makes steadfast. 
^Founding. 

JA-CHI-NITE — Descendants of Jachin, *The Jachinite. 



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JA'-COB — He that supplants or undermines ; or, the heel. 
The son of Isaac, and the father of the 
twelve patriarchs; he prevailed in prayer 
with God, and was called Israel; he went 
in the time of the famine with all his family 
into Egypt, and his son Joseph gave them 
habitation and maintenance, Jacob blessed 
his children before his death, and ordered 
them to bury him in Canaan, ^Following 
after, supplanter. 

JA'-DA — ^Knowing. 

JA'-DAU — ^Favourite, friend. 

JAD-DU'-A— *Very knowing. 

JA'-DON— ^Judging. 

JA'-EL — He that ascends, or a kid. ^Chamois. 

JA'-GUR— ^Dwelling. 

JAH — The everlasting God. An abbreviation of Jehovah. 

JA'-HATH— ^Comfort, revival. 

JA'-HAZ, JA-HA'-ZA, JA-HA'-ZAH— Quarrel, dispute; 
or, the going out of the Lord. 

JA-HAZ'-IAH— *Jah reveals. 

JA-HA-ZIVEL— *God reveals. 

JAH'-DAI— ^Leader, guide. 

JAH-DI'-EL— *Union of God. 

JAH'-DO— *Union. 

JAH-LE'-EL— ^God waits. 

JAH-LE-E-LITES — Descendants of JahlecL 

JAH'-MAI— *Jah protects. 



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JAH'-ZAH— ^Trodden down. 

JAH-ZE'-EL, or JAH-ZI'-EL— *God apportions. 

JAH-ZE-E-LITES — Descendants of Jahzeel. 

JAH-ZE'-RAH— *Jah protects. 

JA'-IR — My light; or, who diffuses light; or, is enlight- 
ened. *Jah enlightens. Also forest. 

JA-I-RITE — A descendant of Jair, 

JAI'-RUS — Same as Jair. 

JA'-KAN— Same as JAAKAN. 

JA'-KEH — '''Hearkening. 

JA'-KIM— *A setter up. 

JA'-LON— *Jah abides. 

JAM'-BRES— The sea with poverty. 

JAMES— The same as JACOB. 

JA'MIN — *Right hand, prosperity. 

JAM'-LECH— *Jah rules. 

JAN'-NA, JAN'-NES— Who speaks, or who answers; 
otherwise, affliction, misery, or impov- 
erished. 

JA-NO'-AH, JA-NO'-HAH— ^Resting place. 

JA'-NUM— ^Propagation. 

JA'-PHETH — He that persuades, or extends, or hand- 
some. *The extender, or fair. 

JA'-PHI'-A — Which enlightens, appears, or shews; or, 
which groans. The son of David. 2 Sam., 
5-15. *High. 

JAPH'-LET — *Jah causes to escape. 



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JAPU-UE'-Tl— Descendants of Japhlet. 

JA'-PHO— *High. 

JA'-RAH— *Unveiler. 

JA'-REB — A revenger. *Contender, avenger. 

JA'-RED — He that descends; or, he that rules or com- 
mands. *Descending. 

JA-RES-I'-AH — *Jah gives a couch. 

]AS:-}1K— Husband of Ahlai. 

JA'-RIB—* Striving. 

JAR'-MUTH— *Height. 

JA-RO'-AH— *New moon. 

JA'-SHEN— *Shining. 

JA'-SHER— Righteous. *Upright. 

JA-SHO'-BEAM— *The people return. 

JA'-SHUB— ^Turning back. 

JA-SHU-BI LE'-HE]M— ^Turning back to Bethle. 

'iA-S'RIJB-lT^S— Descendants of Jasluih. 

JASIEL— *See JAASIEL. 

JA'-SON — He that cures, or that gives medicines; from 
the Greek word meaning health, or cure. 
*Healing. 

JATH-NI'-EL— *God is giving. 

JAT'-TIR— *Wide. 

JA'-VAN — He that deceives, or makes sorrowful; other- 
wise, clay, dirt. 

JA'-ZER — Assistance, or he that helps. *Fortified. 

JA'-ZIZ— *Shining. 



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JEARIM— *Woods. 
JE-A-TE'-RAI— ^Steadfast. 
JE-BE-RECH-I'AH— *Jah is blessing. 

JE'-BUS, JE-BU'-SI— Which treads under foot, or con- 
temns. A city the same as Jerusalem. 
Judg., 19-10. *Trodden down. 

JE-BU-SITES— Inhabitants of Jehus, 
JE-CA-Mr-AH— ^ son of Neri, See Jekamiah, 
JE-CHOL-I'-AH— ^Jah is able. 

JE-CHON-I'-AS — The Greek way of spelling Jeconiah. 
"^See Jechoniah. 

JECOLIAH— S'am^ as JECHOLIAH. 

JE-CON-I'-AH — Preparation of the Lord, or steadfast- 
ness of the Lord. "^Jah is estabhshing. 

JE-DA-I'-AH — *Jah is praised; or, Jah is knowing. 

JE-DI-A'-EL— ^God knows. 

JE-DI'-DAH— Well beloved, or amiable. The mother of 
Josiah, 2 Kings, 22-1. ^Beloved. 

JE-DLDr-AH— Beloved of the Lord. *Jah is a friend. 
JE-DU'-THUN — His law; or, who gives praise. *A 
choir of praise. 

JE-E'-ZER — A son of Gilead, 

JE-GAR SA-HA-DU'-THA— The heap of witness. 
*Heap of testimony. 

JE-HAL-EL'-EEL, or JEHALELEL— *God is praised. 
JEH-DE-r-AH— *Union of Jah. 



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JE-HEZ-E'-KEL— *God is strong. 

JE-HI'-AH— *Jah is living. 

JE-HI'-EL — *God is living. 

JE-HI-E'-LI — A son of Laadan the Gerslwnite, 

JE-HIZ-KI'-AH— ^Jah is strong. 

JE-HO-A'-DAH— *Jah unveils. 

JE-HO-AD'-DAN— *Jah gives delight. 

JE-HO-A'-HAZ — The prize, or possession of the Lord; 
or, the Lord that sees. "^Jah upholds. 

JE-HO'-ASH — The fire of the Lord; or, the victim of 
the Lord. *Jah supports. 

JE-HO-HA'-NAN— ^Jah is gracious. 

JE-HO-IA'-CHIN— Preparation, or strength of the 
Lord. "^Jah establishes. 

JE-HOI-A'-DA— The knowledge of the Lord. *Jah 

knows. 
JE-HO-IA'-KIM — The resurrection, or confirmation of 

the Lord. *Jah sets up. 
JE-HO-IA'-RIB— ^Jah contends. 
JE-HO-NA'-DAB— See JONADAB. *Jah is liberal. 
JE-HO-NA'-THAN— *Jah gives. 
JE-HO'-RAM — Exaltation of the Lord; or, rejected of 

the Lord. '''Jah is high. 
JE-HO-SHAB'-EATH— *Jah makes oath. 
JE-HO-SHA'-PHAT— God judges, or the judgment of 

the Lord. *Jah is judge. 



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JE-HO-SHE'-BA— *Jah makes oath. 
JE-HO-SHU'-A— *Jah saves. 
JEHOSHUAH— ^'aw^' as JOSHUA. 
JE-HO'-VAH — The incommunicable name of God. Self- 
existing. *The existing one. 

JE-HO-VAH JIR'-EH— The Lord will see or provide ; 

the Lord will be manifested or seen. *Je- 

hovah will provide. 
JE-HO-VAH NIS'-SI— The Lord my banner. *Jehovah 

is my banner. 

JE-HO-VAH SHA'-LOM— The Lord send peace. *Je- 
hovah is peace. 

JEHOVAH-SHAMMAH— The Lord is there. 
JE-HO-ZA'-BAD— *Jah endows. 
JE-HO-ZA'-DAK— *Jah is just. 
JE'-HU — He that is, or who exists. *Jah is he. 
JE-HUB'-BAH— Jah conceals. 
JE-HU'-CAL— *Jah is able. 
JE'-HUD— *Honorable. 
JE-HU'-DI— *A Jew. 

JE-HU-DI'-JAH— The praise of the Lord. The wife 
of Ezra. 1 Chron., 4-18. *The Jewess. 

JE'-HUSH— *Collector. 
JE-I'-EL — *God snatches away. 

JE-KAB-ZE'-EL— *God gathers. 
JE-KAM'-EAM— ^Standing of the people, 
JE-KAM-TAH— *Jah is standing. 



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JE-KU-THf-EL— ^God is mighty. 

JE-]\ir-]\IA — Handsome as the day. One of Job's 

daughters. Job, 42-14. *Pure, fortunate, 

day. 

JE-MU'-EL— *God is Hght. 
JEPH'-THAE— ^An opposer. 

JEPH'-THAH— He that opens, or he will open. *An 
opposer. 

JE-PHUN'-XEH— He that beholds. ^Appearing. 
JE'-RAH — The moon, or month; otherwise, to scent or 
smell. Son of Joktan. Gen., 10-26. '^'Moon. 

JE-RAH-ME'-EL— Mercy of God; or, the love of God. 
*God is merciful. 

JE'-RED— ^Low, flowing. 
JE-RE'-MAI— ^Jah is high. 

JE-RE-;^^'-AH — Exaltation or grandeur of the Lord; 
or, who exalts or gives glory to the Lord. 
He zi'as called to the extraordinary office 
of a prophet in his younger years, and con- 
tinued in that office for at least forty years 
together. In his time iniquity did exceed- 
ingly abound in the land of Judah. He 
earnestly and frequently calls the people to 
repentance, both by his reproofs and threat- 
ening s for their sins. He denounces the 
captivity of the people by the Babylonians, 
for zi'hich he was put in prison; he lived to 



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see his prophecy fulfilled. But for the com- 
fort and support of the faithful, he fore- 
tells their return after seventy years, and 
the enlargement of the church by Christ. 
His style is generally the most plain of any 
of the prophets, *Jah is high. 

JEREMIAS — Greek form of Jeremiah, 
JE-RE'-MOTH— *Elevation. 

JE-RI'-AH, or JE-RI'-JAH— *Jah is foundation. . 
JE-RI'-BAI— *Jah contends. 

JE-RI'-CHO — His moon, or month ; or, his sweet smell. 
*Fragrant. 

JE-RI'-EL — ^Foundation of God. 

JE-RI'-MOTH — Eminences ; or, he that fears, that sees, 
that rejects death. 1 Chron., 7-7. *Eleva- 
tion. 

JE-RI'-OTH — ^Tremulousness. 

JE-ROB-O'-AM — Fighting against, or increasing the 
people. *Enlarger. 

JE-RO'-HAM— *Loved. 

JE-RUB-B A'-AL— He that disputes about Baal ; or, that 
revenges the idol; or, let Baal defend his 
cause. ^Contender with Baal. 

JE-RUB-BE'-SHETH— Let the idol of confusion defend 
itself. ^Contender with the idol. 

JE-RU'-EL — *Foundation of God. 



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JE-RU-SA'-LEM — The vision, or possession of peace. 
It was the chief city of Judea^ and was 
first called Salern^ where Melchizedek was 
king. Gen., 14-18. It was also called le- 
bus, and was possessed by the Jebusites, 
who held therein the fort of Sion, till it 
was taken from them by David. Judg., 10- 
6. 1 Chron., 11-4, 5, 7. Here also was 
Mount Moriahj near Mount Sion, whereon 
Solomon built the temple, and where Abra- 
ham was commanded to offer his son Isaac; 
Abraham named the place Jehovah- jireh, 
because the providence of God was there 
eminently seen. 2 Chron., 3-1. Gen., 22- 
2-14. Which word jireh being put to the 
former name Salem, maketh it Jerusalem, 
where peace is seen. It is called Salem, by 
the first name. Psal., 76-2. It is put for 
the church militant.. Isa., 62-1. And the 
church triumphant is called the nezi) Jeru- 
salem. Rev., 3-12. ^Possession of peace. 

JE-RU'-SHA — He that possesses the inheritance; or, 
exiled, banished, rejected. 2 Kings, 15-33. 
^Possession. 

JE-RU'-SHAH— ^Possession. 

JE-SA-rAH, or JE-SHA-rAH— *Jah is helper. 

JE-SHA'-NAH—* Ancient. 

JE-SHAR-E'-LAH— *0f Jesharel. 



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JE-SHEB-E'-AB— *Seat of the father. 

JE'-SHER— *Rightness. 

JE-SHI'-MON — Solitude, desolation. The name of a 

desert. 1 Sam., 23-24.. '''A waste, a 

desert. 
JE-SHr-SHAI— *Jah is ancient, 
JE-SHO-HA-I'AH— *Humbled by Jah. 
JE-SHU'-A, JE-SHU'-AH— A saviour. *Jah is help. 
JE-SHU'-RUN — Upright, or righteous. Israel is so 

called. *The darling upright. 

JE-Sr-AH— *Jah exists. 

JE-SI-MI'-EL— *God sets. 

JES'-SE — To be, or who is ; or, my present. *Jah exists. 

JE'-SUI — Who is equal, proper, placed ; or, flat country. 

The son of Asher. Gen., 46-17. Num., 26- 

44. *Jah is satisfied. 
JE-SU-ITES — The posterity of Jesui. 
JE-SU'-RUN— *The darling upright. 

JE'-SUS — The holy name Jesus; Saviour; who saveth 
his people from their sins. Mat., 1-21. 
The eternal Son of God, of one substance 
and equal with the Father, the mediator of 
the covenant of grace, who in the fullness 
of time became man, and so was and con- 
tinues to be God and man in two distinct 
natures and one person forever. The zvord 
Jesus is taken for the doctrine of Jesus, 



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Acts, 8-35. And for Joshua^ who brought 
God's people into the land of Canaan, and 
zuas therein an eminent type of our Lord 
Jesus. Heb., 4-8. *From Heb., saviour. 

JE'-THER — He that excels, or remains; or, that exam- 
ines, searches ; or, a Hne or string. Judg., 
8-20. *Pre-eminent. 

JE'-THETH— ^Subjection. 

JETH'-LAH— ^Height. 

JETH'-RO — His excellence, his remains, his posterity. 
"^Pre-eminence. 

JE'-TUR, or JE'-THUR — He that keeps; otherwise, or- 
der, succession; or mountainous. Son of 
Ishinael. Gen., 25-15. 

JE-U'-EL — "^Snatching away. 

JE'-USH — He that is devoured, gnawed by the moth; 
otherwise, assembled. Son of ReJioboam, 
2 Chron., 11-19. ^Collector. 

JE'-UZ— ^Counsellor. 

JEW— So called from Judah. See JUDAH. 

JEWESS — *A female Jew. 

JE-ZAN-rAH— *Jah determines. 

JE-ZE'-BEL — Island of the habitation; or, woe to the 
habitation; or, isle of the dunghill, or woe 
to the dunghill. "^Without cohabitation. 

JE'-ZER — "^Formation. 
JE-ZER-ITES— Descendants of Jezer, 



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JE-Zr-AH— *Jah unites. 

JE-ZI'-EL — *God unites, 

JEZ-LI'-AH— *Jah delivers. 

JE-ZO'-AR— ^Distinction. 

JEZ-RAH-rAH— The Lord is the east; or the Lord 
arises; or, brightness of the Lord. Chief 
of the singers. Neh., 12-42. *Jah is shin- 
ing. 

JEZ-RE'-EL — Seed of God; or, God who spreads the 
evil; or dropping of the friendship of God. 
*God sows. 

JEZ-RE-EL-ITE — An inhabitant of the city Jezreel. 

JIB'-SAM— ^Lovely, sweet. 

JID'-LAPH — He that distills, or drops water; or hands 
joined. Son of Nahor and Milcah. Gen., 
22-22. "^Melting away. 

JIM'-NA, or JIM'-NAH— ^Prosperity. 

JIM-NITES — Descendants of Jimnah. 

JIPH'-TAH— ^Breaking through. 

JIPH'-THAH-EL— *God is breaking through. 

JO'-AB — Paternity, or who has a father; or, voluntary. 
*Jah is father. 

JO'-AH — Fraternity, or who has a brother; or, brother 
of the Lord. *Jah is brother. 

JO-A'-HAZ— *Jah helps. 

JO-AN'-NA — The grace, the gift, or the mercy of the 
Lord. 



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JO'-ASH — Who despairs; or, he that burns, who is on 
fire. ^Jah supports. 

JO-A'-THAM— ^ progenitor of Joseph. 

JOB — He that weeps, that cries; or, that speaks out of 
a hollow place. He dzuelt in the land of 
Uz, and was an upright and just man, fear- 
ing God, Satan was permitted to bereave 
him of his children and substance, and to 
smite him with sore boils. He was visited 
by his friends in his affliction; God blessed 
his latter end and gave him twice as much 
ash he had before. Job's patience is recom- 
mended as an example to the godly in all 
ages. Jam., 5-11. *Hated. 

JO'-BAB— ^Howling. 

JO-CHE'-BED — Glorious, honorable, a person of merit; 
or, the glory of the Lord. The mother of 
Moses. Exod., 6-20. *Jah is honor. 

JO'-ED — ^Jah is witness. 

JO'-EL — He that wills, commands, or sw^ears. *Jah is 
God. 

JO-E'-LAH — "^God is snatching. 

JO-E'-ZER — He that aids and assists. 1 Chron., 12-6. 

*Jah is help. 
JOG-BE'-HAH— *Height. 
JOG'-LI— *Exiled. 



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JO'-HA — Who enlivens and gives life. 1 Chron., 8-16. 
*Jah is living. 

JO-HA'-NAN — Who is liberal, merciful, pious, and 
grants favour; otherwise, the grace of the 
Lord. *Jah is gracious. 

JOHN — The grace, gift or mercy of the Lord. 
JO-IA'-DA— *Jah know^s. 
JO-IA'-KIM— ^Jah sets up. 
JO-IA'-RIB— *Jah contends. 
JO'-KIM— *Jah sets up. 
JOK-DE'-AM—* Anger of the people. 
JOK-ME'-AM— ^Standing of the people. 
JOK-NE'-AM — '''Possession of the people. 

JOK'-SHAN— Hard, difficult, scandalous. Gen., 25-2. 
*Fowler. 

JOK'-TAN — Small ; or disgust, weariness ; or, dispute, 
contention. The son of Heber. Gen., 10- 
25. ^Little. 

JOK-THE'-EL — *God's reward of victory. 

JO-NA'-DAB — Who acts in good earnest, gives and of- 
fers freely, liberally; or, who acts as a 
prince. *Jah is liberal. 

JO'-NAH — A dove; or, he that oppresses. *A dove. 
JO-NAN — Contracted from Johanan, 
JO'-NAS, or JO-NA— *Same as JONAH. 
JO-NATH E-LEM RE-CHO-KIM— ^A title. 



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JO-NA'-THAN— Given of God, or the gift of the Lord. 
*Jah is given. 

JOP'-PA — Beauty, comeliness. ^Height, beauty. 

JO'-RAH— *Harvest-born. 

JO'-RAI— ^A Gadite, head of a family. 

JO'-RAM — To cast; elevated. *Jah is high. 

JOR'-DAN — The river of judgment; or, he that shews, 
or rejects judgment, or descent. *The Jor- 
dan. 

JO'-RIM — He that exalts the Lord, or the exaltation of 
the Lord. 

JOR-KO'-AM— ^Spreading the people. 
JOSABAD— *See JOZABAD. 
JO-SA'-PHAT— ^See JEHOSHAPHAT. 
JO-SE'-DECH— *Jah is righteous. 

JO'-SE — Raised, or who exists; or, who pardons, or 
saviour. 

JO'-SEPH — Increase, addition. The eleventh son of 
Jacob, beloved by his father, but hated by 
his brethren. His two dreams foretold his 
advancement; he was cast into a pit by his 
brethren and sold to the Ishmaelites. He 
interpreted Pharaoh's dreams, and was 
made ruler of Egypt, His brethren in the 
seven years famine are sent to Egypt by 
Jacob for corn; and afterward Jacob with 
his family come to Joseph in Egypt, who 



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receives them kindly, and settles them in 
the land of Goshen. In the history of 
Joseph there are many wonderful steps of 
divine Providence relating to his afflicted 
and exalted state , which are recorded in the 
hook of Genesis. (2). Joseph was also the 
name of a disciple of Christ, a rich man 
of Arimathea, who buried the body of our 
Lord Jesus in a tomb prepared for himself. 
.Mat., 27-57. And zuas likewise the name 
of several others. Luke, 3-24-26-30. Acts, 
1-23. *Increaser. 

JO'-SES — *One of the brothers of Jesus. 

JO'-SHAH— *Jah is a gift. 

JO-SHA'-PHAT— *Jah judges. 

JO-SHAV-rAH— ^Jah is equality. 

JOSH-BE-KA'-SHAH— ^Seated in hardness. 

JO-SHU'-A — The Lord, the Saviour. '''Jah saves. 

JO-Sr-AH — The Lord burns, or the fire of the Lord. 
*Jah supports. 

JOSIAS — Greek form of Josiah, 
JO-SIB-r-AH— *Jah causes to dwell. 
JO-SIPH-rAH— *Jah adds. 

JOT'-BAH, or JOT'-BATH— ^Excellent for water. 
JOT-BA'-THAH— ^am^ as JOLBAH. 
JO'-THAM— Perfection of the Lord. *Jah is perfect. 
JO-ZA'-BAD— *Jah endows. 
JO-ZA'-CHAR— *Jah remembers. 



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JO-ZA'-DAK— *Jah is great. 

JU'-BAL — He that runs, or he that produces; or, a 
trumpet. "^Playing, nomad. 

JU'-CAL— ^Able. 

JU'-DA, or JU'-DAH, JU'-DAS— The praise of the 
Lord. "^Praise. 

JUDE — Abbreviated from Judas, 

JU-DE'-A— A country. 

JU'-DITH— ^Jewess. 

JU-LI-A — Downy; from Greek word meaning down, 

soft, and tender hair. A friend of St. 

PauVs, Rom., 16-15. 
JU-LI-US — Same as Julia. Acts, 27-1. 
JU-NI-A — From Juno, or from Juventus, youth. A 

kinsman of St. Paul. Rom., 16-7. 

JU-PI-TER — x\s if it were juvans pater, the father that 
helpeth. "^Father Jove. 

JU-SHAB HE'-SED— ^Kindness is returned. 
JUS'-TUS— Just, upright. 

JUT'-TAH — A Levitical city in Judah, noiv called Jutta. 
See J 0TB AH. 



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K 

KAB-ZE'-EL — The congregation of God. Josh., 15-21. 

*God gathers. 
KA'-DESH— Holy, or holiness. *Holy. 

KA-DESH BAR-NE'-EA— Holiness of an inconstant 
son ; or, holiness of the corn, or of purity. 

KAD-Mr-EL— *God the primeval. 

KAD-MON-ITES— ^Eastern. 

KAL'-LAI— *Jah is light. 

KAN'-AH— "^A reed, or possession. 

KA-RE'-AH— *Bald. 

KAR-KA'-A— *Deep ground. 

KAR'-KOR— *Deep ground. 

KAR'-TAH— *City. 

KAR'-TAN— ^Double city. 

KAT'-TATH— ^Little. 

KE'-DAR — Blackness, or sorrow. ^Powerful. 

KE-DE'-M AH— Oriental ; from Kedem, the East. Gen., 
25-15. '''Eastern. 

KE-DE'-MOTH — Antiquity, old age; or, orientals'. The 
name of a wilderness. Deut., 2-26. *East- 
ern parts. 

KE'-DESH— *Holy. 
KE-HE^LA'-THAH— *Place of assembly. 



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KE-I'-LAH — She that divides or cuts. "^Inclosed. 

KE-LA-I'AH— *Jah is Hght. 

KE-LI'-TA— ^Poverty, littleness. 

KE-MU'-EL — God is risen; or, God has raised him. 

The son of Nahor. Gen., 22-21. "^God 

stands, or rises. 

KE'-NAN — *One acquired or begotten. 

KE'-NATH— ^Possession. 

KEN'-AZ, KEX-EZ — This nest; or, this lamentation, 
this possession, this purchase. The father 
of OthnieL Jos., 15-17. ^Side, flank. 

KE-XITES — Possession, or purchase, or lamentation, or 
nest. ^Belonging to Ken or Qen. 

KE-NIZ-ZITES— ^Belonging to Kenaz. 

KE-REN HAP'-PUCH— The horn, or child of beauty. 
Job's third daughter. Job, 42-14. "^Horn 
for paint. 

KE-RI'-OTH — The cities, the callings. ^Cities, hamlets. 
KE'-ROS— ^Bent. 

KE-TU'-RAH — He that burns, or makes the incense to 
fume ; otherwise, perfumed, or odoriferous. 
^Fragrance. 

KE-ZI'-A — Superficier, or angle; or, cassia. Tlie daugh- 
ter of Job. Job, 42-14. ^Cassia. 

KE'-ZIZ— End, extremity. A valley. Josh., 18-21. 
^Border. 



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KIB-ROTH HAT-TA-A'-VAH— The graves of lust. 

Num., 11-34. 
KIB-ZA'-IM— *DoubIe gathering. 
KID'-RON— Obscurity, obscure. 2 Sam., 15-23. *Tur- 

bid. 
KI'-NAH— *Smithy. 
KIR — A city, a wall, or meeting. *See Kir-hareseth. 

KIR HA-RA'-SETH or HAR-E'-SETH— The city of 

the sun; the city with walls of burnt brick. 
KIR-HA'-RESH, or HE'-RES — Same as preceding. 
KIR-IA-THA'-IM— *Same as KIRJATHAIM. 
KIR'-JATH — City, vocation, lesson, reading, or meeting. 

A city. Josh., 18-28. *City. 
KIR-JA-THA'-IM, KIR-LA-THA'-IM— The two cities, 

the callings, the meetings. *Double city. 
KIR-JATH AR'-BA— The city of four. *City of Arba. 
KIR-JATH A'-RIM— City of cities ; or, the city of those 

that watch. Ezra, 2-25. *City of forests. 
KIR-JATH BA'-AL— The city of Baal, or of those that 

command, or that possess. Josh., 15-60. 

*City of Baal. 

KIR-JATH HU'-ZOTH— *City of the out-places. 
KIR-JATH JE-A'-RIM— The city of woods or forests. 
*City of forests. 

KIR-JATH SAN'-NAH— The city of the bush; or, the 
city of enmity. Josh., 15-49. *City of in- 
struction. 



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KIR-JATH SE'-PHER— The city of letters, or of the 
book. Josh., 15-15. *City of books. 

.KISH — Hard, difficult; otherwise, straw, or forage. 
*Bow, power. 

KI'-SHI— *Bow of Jah. 

KISH'-IOX— *Hard. 

KIS'-OX, KISH'-OX— *AMnding, binding. 

KITH'-LISH— ^Separation. 

KIT'-ROX— ^Shortened, little. 

KIT'-TDI — They that bruise ; or, gold, or colouring. 

KO'-A — A people dwelling betzceeti Egypt and Syria. 
named among others as enemies of Jeru- 
salem. 

KO'-HATH — Congregation, wrinkle, obedience; or, tc 
make blunt. ^Assembly. 

KO-HATH-ITES— r/ic- posterity of Koliath. *BeIong- 
ing to Kohath. 

KO-LA-I'AH— *\'oice of Jah. 
KO'-RAH— Bald, frozen, icy. *Baldness. 

KO-RA-HITES. or KO-RA-THUES— Descendants of 
Korah. 

KO'-RE— *Crier, reader. 
KOR-HITE— *Same as KORATHITE. 
KOZ— *The thorn. 
KU-SHA-I'AH— *Bow of Tah. 



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LA-A'-DAH— *Set time, festival. 
LA-A'-DAN— *Festive-born. 

LA'-BAN — White, shining, gentle. *White, glorious. 
LA'-CHISH — She walks, she goes; or, who exists of 
himself. "^Height. 

LA'-EL— *God-ward. 

LA'-HAD— *Dark coloured. 

LA-HAI ROl — *Of the living one who beholds me. 

LAH'-MAM, LAH'-MAS— *Place of light. 

LAH'-MI — My bread, or my war. The brother of Go- 
Hath. 1 Chron., 20-5. *Bethlehemite. 

LA'-ISH— A lion. 

LA'-KUM—* Fortification. 

LAMA— *Why. 

LA'-MECH — Poor, made low; or, who is struck. *Over- 
thrower, wild man. 

LA-O-DI-CE'-A — Just people ; from Greek words mean- 
ing, people and just. 

LA-O-DI-CE-AN — Inhabitants of Laodicea. 

LAP-I'-DOTH — Enlightened, or lamps. The husband of 
Deborah. Judg., 4-4. *Lamps, lightnings. 

LA-SE'-A — *A city in Crete. 
LA'-SHA— ^Bursting forth. 



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LASH-A'-RON— *The plain of Sharon. 
LAZ-AR'-US— The help of God. ^Without help. 
LE'-AH — Weary, tired. *Weary. 
LE-AN'-NOTH— *See MAHALOTH. 
LE-BA'-NAH, LE-BA-NA— *Whiteness. 
LE-BA'-NOX — White, or incense. *White, snowy. 
LE-BA'-OTH— *Place of lionesses. 
LEB-BE'-US— A man of heart. *llan of heart. 
LE-BO'-NAH— *Frankincense. 
LE'-CAH — *Addition, attached place. 

LE-HA'-BI]\I — Flames, or which are inflamed; or, the 
points of a sword. Gen., 10-13. *Flame 
coloured, red. 

LE'-HI — Jaw-bone. The name of a place. Judg., 15-9. 
*Jaw-bone. 

LE-MU'-EL — God with them. *Godward, God is bright. 

LE'-SHE:\I— *Fortress. 

LE-TU'-SHBI— *Oppressed, struck. 

LE-U^I'-MIM— 5"o« of Dedan. 

LE'-AT — Who is held and associated. *Joined. 

LE-VITE— Of the posterity of Levi. 

LEVITICUS— r/ie book which treats of the affairs of 

the Lcvitical law. 
LIBERTINES— *Freedmen. 
LIB'-NAH— White, whiteness. n\'hiteness. 

LIB'-NI — The same. The son of Gcrshon. Exod., 6-17. 
*White, distinguished. 



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LIB'-YA — In Hebrew, Lubim, the heart of the sea; or, 
a nation that has a heart. *Put. 

LIB'-YANS, LU'-BIM— The people of Libya. *Put, 
bowmen. 

LIK'-HI — *Jah is doctrine. 

LI-NUS— Nets. A friend of St. Paurs, 2 Tim., 4-21. 
LO AM'-MI — Not my people. '^Not my people. 
LOD — *Fissure. 
LO-DE'-BAR— *With pasture. 

LO'-IS — Better; from the Greek word meaning better. 
The grandmother of Timothy, 

LO RU-HA'-MAH — Not having obtained mercy; not 
pitied. *Not pitied. 

LOT — Wrapt up, hidden, covered; otherwise, myrrh, 
rosin. ^Concealed, dark coloured. 

LO'-TAN— *A covering. 

LU'-BIM — Inhabitants of N. Africa. See Libyans, 

LUC'-AS — Luminous. "^Light-giving. 

LU-CI-FER — Bringing light. ^Shining one. 

LU-Cr-US— See LUCAS. 

LUD— *Son of Shem. 

LU'-DIM— *Son of Mizraim. 

LU'-HITH— *Table. 

LUKE— See LUCAS. 

LUZ — Separation, departure. *Bending, curve. 

LY-CA-O-NL-A— She-wolf. A province. 

LY-CI'-A — A province in Asia Minor, 



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LYD'-DA—A city of Dan, 

LY-DI'-A — A country and people in the N. of Africa. 

LY-SA-NI'-AS — That destroys or drives away sorrow; 

from the Greek words meaning solution and 

sorrow. 

LY-SI'-AS — Chief captain of the Roman garrison at 
Jerusalem, 

LYS'-TRA — That dissolves, or disperses. 



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MA-A'-CAH— ^Depression. 

MA-A'-CHAH, MAACHAN— To squeeze. *Depres- 
sion. 

MAACHATHI, or MA-A-CHA-THITES— ^n inhahi- 
tant of Maachah, 

MA-A'-DAI— *Jah is ornament. 

MA-AD-rAH— *Jah is ornament. 

MA'-AI — *Jah is compassionate. 

MA-A'-LEH AC-RAB'-BIM— Ascent of scorpions. 

MA-A'-RATH— *Bare place. 

MA-A'-SE'-IAH— The work of the Lord. -Work of 
Jah, or Jah is a refuge. 

MA-A-Sr-AI— *Work of Jah. 

MA'-ATH — An ancestor of Jesus, through Mary, 



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MA'-AZ— *CounseIlor. 
MA-AZ-I'AH— *Strength of Jah. 

MA-CE-DO-NI-A: — Adoration, prostration, according to 
the Hebrew ; but, elevated, eminent, accord- 
ing to the Greek. 

MACH-BAN'-AI— *Thick. 
MACH-BE'-NAH— *Knob, lump. 
MA'-CHI — A Cadite, the father of Geuel. 
MA'-CHIR — He that sells, or that knows. *SaIesman. 
MA-CHIR-ITES— *Descendants of Machir. 
MACH-NAD-E'-BAI— *Gift of the noble one. 
MACH-PE'-LAH— Double. *Winding, spiral form. 
MA'-DAI— *Middle. 
MADIAN— *See MIDIAN. 
MAD-MAN'-NAH— *Heap. 
MAD'-MEN— *Heap. 
MAD-ME'-NAH— i'aw^ as MADMEN. 
MA'-DON— *District of the dan. 
MAG'-BISH— *A fortress. 

MAG-DA'-LA — Tower, or greatness. *A Tower, great- 
ness. 

MAG-DA-LE'-NE— Tower ; otherwise, grand, elevated, 
magnificent. Mat., 27-56. 

MAG-DI'-EL— *God is renowned. 
MA'-GOG — Roof, or that covers, or that dissolves. 
MA-GOR MIS-SA'-BIB— Fear round about. Jer., 20-3. 
*Terror is about. 



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MAG-PI'-ASH— *ColIector of a cluster of stars. 

MA-HA'-LAH— *Tenderness, mildness. 

MA-HA-LAL'-EEL — He that praises God ; or illumina- 
tion of God. The son of Cainar. Gen., 5- 
12. *God is splendour. 

MA-HA'-LATH — Melodious song; otherwise, infirmity. 
The wife of Rehoboam. 2 Chron., 11-18. 
*Mild. 

MAHALI— *See MAHLI. 

MA-HA-NA'-IM— The two fields, or two armies. *Two 
camps. 

MA-HA'-NEH DAN— *Camp of Dan. 
MA-HA'-RAI— *Hasty. 
MA'-HATH— ^Dissolution. 
MA-UA-VITE— Patronymic of Eliel. 
MA-HA-Zr-OTH— ^Visions. 

MA'-HER SHA'-LAL HASH BAZ— Making speed to 
the spoil, he hasteneth the prey. 

MAH'-LAH— The same with MAHALATH. One of 
the daughters of Zelophehad. Num., 26-33. 
*Mildness. 

MAH'-LI— *Mild. 

MAH-LITES— r/i^ descendants of Mahll 

MAH'-LON— Song, or infirmity. *Mild. 

MA'-HOL— *Dancer. 

MA'-KAZ— *End. 

MAK-HE'-LOTH—* Assemblies. 



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MAK-KE'-DAH — Adoration, or prostration, according 
to the Hebrew ; or, raised, eminent, accord- 
ing to Greek. A city. Josh., 10-10. 
*Place of shepherds. 

MAK'-TESH— ^Depression. 

MAL-A'-CHI— ^Messenger of Jah. 

MAL'-CHAM— Their king. ^Thinking. 

MAL-CHr-AH— *Jah is king. 

MAL-CHI'-EL— *God is a king. 

MAL-CHI'-JAH— *Same as MALCHIAH. 

MAL-CHr-RAM— *My king is exalted. 

MAL-CHr-SHUA — My king is a saviour; or magnifi- 
cent king. The son of SauL 1 Sam., 14-49, 
*See MELCHI-SHUA. 

MAL'-CHUS — King or kingdom. ^Counsellor. 
MA-LE-LE'-EL— *See MAHALALEEL. 
MAL-LO'-THI — *Jah is speaking, or splendid. 
MAL'-LUCH— ^Counsellor. 

MAM-RE — Rebellious; or, bitter; or, that changes, that 
barters; or, fat, or elevated. "^Firmness, 
vigour. 

MA-NA'-EN — A comforter; or, he that conducts them; 
or, preparation of heat. ^Comforter. 

MA-NA'-HATH— ^Resting place, rest. 
MA-NAS'-SEH — Forgetfulness, or he that is forgotten. 
^Causing forgetfulness. 

MA-NAS'-SES— *See Manasseh. 



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MA-NO'-AH— Rest, or a present. *Rest. 
MA'-OCH— *Poor. 

MA'-ON — House, or habitation ; otherwise, crime ; or, by 

sin. A city. Josh., 15-55. "^Habitation. 
MA'-RA — Bitter, or bitterness. *Bitter. 
MA'-RAH— The same. ^Bitter. 
MAR-A'-LAH— *Dechvity. 
MARCUS— PoHte, shining. 
MA-RE'-SHAH— ^Possession. 
MARK— The same as MARCUS. 
MA'-ROTH— ^Lordship. 

MARS' HILL — The place where the celebrated judges 

of Athens held their supreme council. *See 

AREOPAGUS. 
MAR-SE'-NA— ^Worthy. 
MAR'-THA— Who becomes bitter. *Lady. 
MARY — Exalted, or bitterness of the sea, or myrrh of 

the sea ; or, lady or mistress of the sea. 

*From Heb., bitter. 

MASH — *A son of Aram, son of Shem. 
MA'-SHAL— ^Depressed. 

MAS-RE'-KAH — Whistling, or hissing; or, who touches 
vanity. A city. Gen., 36-36. *PIace of 
rivers. 

MAS'-SA— ^Burden. 

MAS'-SAH— Temptation. The name of a place. Exod., 
17-7. *Trial, temptation. 



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MA-THU-SA'-LA— See METHUSELAH. 
MAT'-RED— *God is pursuer. 

MAT'-RI— Rain, or prison. One of the ancestors of 
Saul, 1 Sam., 10-21. *Jah is watching. 

MAT'-TAN— Gift, or the reins; or, the death of them. 
*Gift. 

MAT-TA'-NAH— *Gift. 
MAT-TAN'-IAH— *Gift. 
MAT-TA'-THA— *Gift. 

MAT-TA'-THAH— 0«£? of the family of Haslnim 
MAT-TA-THI'-AS-The gift of the Lord. 
MAT-TE-NA'-I— *Gift of Jah. 

MAT'-THAN— ^ra ancestor of Jesus through Joseph. 
MAT'-THAT— Gift, or he that gives. Luke, 3-24. 
MAT'-THEW— Given, or a reward. 
MAT-THI'-AS— See MATTATHIAS. 
MAT-TITH'-IAH— *Gift of Jah. 
MAZ-ZA'-ROTH— The twelve signs. 
ME'AH— *Hundred. 
ME-A'-RAH— *Cave. 
ME-BUN'-NAI— *Built up. 
MECH-ER-A-THITE— Pa^ro«3;w«V of Hephas. 
ME'-DAD— He that measures; or, the water of love, or 
of paps. *Love. 

ME'-DAN— Judgment, process; or, measure, habit, cov- 
ering. Son of Abraham. Gen., 25-2. 
*Judgment. 



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ME-DE'-BA— *Full waters. 

MEDES — A people of the province of Media, '^The 

middle, midst. 
ME'-DIA — Measure, habit, covering, or abundance. 

^Middle land. 
MEDIAN—^ native of Me-dia. 

ME-GID'-DO — That declares; or, his precious fruit; or, 
that spoils. "^Place of God. 

ME-GID'-DON— The same. *Place of God. 
ME-HE-TAB'-EL— How good is God? or, has done 

good to us. The wife of Hadar. Gen., 36- 

39. *God is doing good: 

ME-HI'-DA— ^Famous. 
ME'-HIR— ^Dexterity. 
ME-HO-LA-THITE— iVflhV^ of Meholah, 
ME-HU-JA'-EL— Who proclaims God; or, God that 

blots out, or according to the Syriac and 

Hebrew, who is smitten of God. Gen., 4- 

18. *God is combating. 
ME-HU'-MAN — One of the seven chamberlains that 

served in the presence of Ahasueras King 

of Persia. 
ME-HU'-NIM — One of the Nethinim whose descendants 

returned with ZerubbabeL 
ME JAR'-KON— A city in Dan. 
ME-KO'-NAH—* Foundation. 
ME-LAT'-IAH— *Jah delivers. 



M 127 

MEL'-CHI — My king, or my counsel. *From Heb., my 
king. 

MEL-CHI-AH— *See MALCHIAH. 
MEL-CHI-SE'-DEC— *See MELCHIZEDEK. 
MEL-CHI-SHU'-A— TA^ third son of King Saul. 
MEL-CHI-ZE'-DEK— King of righteousness. *My king 
is righteous. 

ME-LE'-A — An ancestor of Jesus, through Mary, 

ME'-LECH— *King. 

ME-LI'-CU— ^Counsellor. 

ME-LI'-TA — Affording honey, from whence honey dis- 
tills ; from Greek word meaning honey. An 
island now called Malta. Acts, 28-1. 

MEL'-ZAR — *The overseer. 
MEM'-PHIS— By the mouth. 

ME-MU'-CAN — Impoverished; or, to prepare; or cer- 
tain, true. Esth., 1-16. 

ME-NA'-HEM — Comforter ; or, who conducts them ; or, 
preparation of heat. ^Comforter. 

ME'-NAN — An ancestor of Jesus, through Mary. 
MENE — Who reckons, or who is counted. *To number. 
ME-O-NE'-NIM— ^ place in Ephraim, 
ME-O-NO'-THAI— *Jah's dwellings. 
ME-PHA'-ATH— ^Height. 

ME-PHI-BO'-SHETH— Out of the mouth proceeds re- 
proach. ^Utterance of Baal. 

ME'-RAB — He that fights, or disputes; or, that multi- 
plies. ^Increase. 



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ME-RA'-IAH— ^Revelation of Jah. 

ME-RA'-IOTH— ^Revelations. 

ME-RA'-RI— Bitter, or ; to provoke. *Bitter, excited. 

ME-RA-THA'-IM— ^Double bitterness. 

MER-CU-RI'-US— A false god from the Latin word 
Mercari, to buy or sell, because this god 
presided over merchandise. In Greek 
Hermes, which signifies orator, or inter- 
preter. *Hermes. 

ME'-RED— ^Bold, rebellious. 

ME-RE'-MOTH— ^Strong, firm. 

ME'-RES— ^Worthy. 

ME-RI'-BAH — Dispute, quarrel. ^Strife, contention. 

ME-RIB B A'- AL— Rebellion ; or, he that resists Baal, 
and strives against the idol. 1 Chron., 8-34. 

ME-RO'-DACH — Bitter contrition; or bruised myrrh. 
According to the Syriac, it signifies, the lit- 
tle lord. This is the name of one of the 
Chaldean deities, *Bold. 

ME-RO-DACH B A-LA'-DAN— Who creates contrition ; 
or, the son of death, or of thy vapour. 

ME'-ROM — Eminences, elevations. *High place. 

ME-RO-NO-THITE— ^w inhabitant of Meronoth, 

ME'-ROZ — Secret, or leanness. 

ME'-SECU—Same as MESHECH. 

ME'-SHA— ^Freedom. 

ME'-SHACH— That draws with force; or, that sur- 
rounds the waters. 



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ME'-SHECH — Who is drawn by force; or, included, 
shut up, surrounded. 

ME-SHE-LEM'-IAH — Peace, or perfection, or retribu- 
tion of the Lord; or, the Lord is my recom- 
pense, or my happiness. The father of 
Zechariah, 1 Chron., 9-2 L '''Jah recom- 
penses. 

ME-SHE-ZAB'-EEL— *God is deliverer. 

ME-SHIL-LE'-MITH— ^Recompense. 

ME-SHIL-LE'-MOTH— ^Recompenses. 

ME-SHO'-BAB— ^Returned, delivered. 

ME-SHUL'-LAM— ^Friend, associate. 

ME-SHUL-LE'-METH— f^f/^ of Manasseh, 

ME-SO-BA-ITE — A patronymic of Jaziel. 

ME-SO-PO-TAM'-IA— In Hebrew Aramnaharaim, that 
is, Syria of the two rivers. The Greek 
word Mesopotamia, also signifies between 
two rivers; from Greek words meaning 
middle and river. 

MES-Sr-AH, MES-Sr-AS— Anointed. ^Anointed. 

ME-THEG AM'-MAH— The bridle of bonda-e. *Bridle 
of metropolis. 

ME-THU-SA'-EL— Who demands his death ; or, death 
is his hell or grave. 

ME-THU-SE'-LAH— He has sent his death; or, the 

arms of his death ; or, spoil of his death. 
ME-ZA'-HAB — '''Offspring of the shining one. 



130 M 

MI-A'-MIN—* Fortunate. 

MIB'-HAR— *Choice, youth, 

MIB'-SAM— *Sweet odour. 

MIB'-ZAR— *Fortified. 

MI'-CAH, MI'-CHA, MI'-CHAH— Poor, humble; or, 

who strikes, or is struck, or, who is there, 

or the waters here. 

MI-CA-I'AH— Who is hke to God. *Who is like Jah? 

MI-CHA'-EL— *Who is like God. 

MI-CHA'-IAH— *Who is hke Jah. 

MI'-CHAL — Who is it that has all? or, who is perfect, 

or complete ? or, the whole is water. *Who 

is like God ? 

MICH'-MAS— *Place of Chemosh. 

MICH'-MASH — He that strikes; or, poor who is taken 

away. The name of a town. I Sam., 13-2. 
MICH-ME'-THAH— *Lurking place. 
MICH'-RI — *Jah possesses. 
MID-DIN— ^Extension. 
MID'-IAN — Judgment; or, measure, habit, covering. 

*Contention. 

MIG'-DAL EL— *Tower of God. 

MIG'-DAL GAD— *Tower of Gad. 

MIG'-DOL— *Tower. 

MIG'-RON— Fear ; or, a farm, or throat. Isa., 10-28. 

*Land-slip. 
MI-JA'-MIN—* Fortunate. 



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MIK'-LOTH— *Twigs, sticks. 
MIK-NE'-IAH— *Jah is zealous. 
MI-LA'-LAI— *Jali is elevated. 
MIL'-CAH— Queen. *Counsel. 
MIL'-COM— Their king. 

MI-LE'-TUM, MI-LE'-TUS— Red, or scarlet ; from the 
Greek word meaning vermilion, red. 

MIL'-LO — Fullness, plentitude, repletion. * Fullness. 

MIN-IA'-MIN—* Fortunate. 

MIN'-NI — Disposed, reckoned, prepared. Jen, 51-27. 

MIN'-NITH— Counted, prepared. A city. Judg., 11-33. 
^Distribution. 

MIPH'-KAD—* Appointed place. 

MI-RI'-AM — Exalted ; or bitterness of the sea ; or myrrh 

of the sea; or, lady or mistress of the sea. 

*Fat, thick, strong. 

MIR'-MA— *Height. 
MIS'-GAB— *The high land. 

MI-SHA'-EL — Who is asked for, or lent ; or, God takes 
away, or retires. *Who is what God is ? 

MISH'-AL, MISH-E'-AL— *Depression. 
MISH'-AM— *Impetuous, haste, fame. 
MISH'-MA— *Fame. 
MISH-MAN'-NAH— *Strength, vigour. 
MISH-RA-ITES — A family of Kirjath-Jearim. 
MIS-PE'-RETH— *Writing. 



132 M 

MIS-RE-PHOTH MA'-BI— The burnings of the wa- 
ters; or furnaces where metals are melted. 
A place where there were salt pits. Josh., 
11-8. ^Burning waters. 

MITH'-CAH— *Sweet place. 
MITH-NITE — Patronymic of Joshaphat, 
MITH-RE'-DATH— *Given by Mithra, i. e., sun. 
MI-TY-LE'-NE — A Greek word signifying purity, 
cleansing^ or press. 

MIZ'-AR— Little. ^Little, small. 

MIZ'-PAH — A sentinel, speculation, or that waits for. 
^Watch-tower. 

MIZ'-PAR— ^Writing. 
MIZ'-PEH— ^Watch-tower. 

]\IIZ-RA'-IM — Tribulations; or, who is straitened, or 
blocked up. The son of Ham. Gen., 10-6. 

MIZ'-ZAH — *Terror, joy. 

]\INA'-SON — A diligent seeker, or betrothing, or remem- 
bering, or an exhorter. 

MO'-AB— Of the father. *Water of a father. 
JMOABITES— The posterity of MOAB. 
MO-AD-I'AH— ^Festival of Jah. 

MO-LA'-D AH— Birth, generation. A city. Josh., 15-26. 
^Birth. 

MO'-LECH— King. ^Counsellor, king. 
MO'-LOCH — The same. ^Counsellor, king. 



M 133 

MO'-LID— *Begetter; 

MOR-AS-TUITE— Patronymic of Micah. 

MOR-DE'-CAI — Contrition, or bitter bruising; or, myrrh 
bruised ; or, who teaches to bruise. ''^Dedi- 
cated to Mars. 

MO'-REH— ^Teacher. 

MO-RE'-SHETH GATH—* Possession of Gath. 
MO-RI'-AH — Bitterness of the Lord; or, doctrine, or 
fear of the Lord. "^Jah provides. 

MO-SE'-RA— ^Chastisement. 

MO-SE'-ROTH— Erudition, discipline, bond. Num., 23- 
30, 

MO'-SES — Taken out of the water. He was of the 
house of Levi, born in Egypt, and miracu- 
lously preserved. God appeared to him in a 
burning bush, and sent him to deliver the 
Israelites out of Egypt. He was appointed 
by God to lead the Israelites through the 
zvilderness to the land of Canaan. Being 
about to die, he blesseth all the tribes of 
Israel; he views the land of Canaan, dies; 
is buried by God, and loshua made his suc- 
cessor. He was a very great man, and 
highly honoured by God in many respects. 
The law was given by Moses, but grace and 
truth came by Jesus Christ. John, 1-17. 
^Drawer out. 



134 N 

MO'-ZA — ^Origin, offspring. 
UO'-ZAU—Sa^ne as MOZA. 
MUP'-PIM— ^Obscurities. 

MU'-SHI — He that touches, that withdraws himself, that 

takes away. Son of Merari. Exod., 6-19. 

*Drawn out. 
MUTH-LABBEN— *Death of Ben, or of the son. 
MY'-RA — Is derived from the Greek word meaning I 

flow, pour out, weep. 
MY'-SIA — Criminal, or abominable; from the Greek 

word meaning crime. 



N 



NA'-AM— ^Pleasantness. 

NA-A'-MAU— Daughter of Zillah. 

NA-A'-MAN — Beautiful, agreeable, or, that prepares 
himself to motion. ^Pleasant. 

NA-A-MA-THITE— Who is of Naamath. *Naamathi. 

NA-A-MITES— *The Naami. 

NA-A'-RAH—* Shoot, posterity. 

NA-A'-RAI — ^Pleasantness of Jah. 

NA-A'-RAN, NA-A'-RATH— ^Waterfall. 

NA-A'-SHON— That foretells, that conjectures; or, ser- 
pent; or, their auguries. ^Oracle. 

NA-AS'-SON— ^-^An ancestor of Jesus. 



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NA'-BAL — A fool, or senseless. *Fool, projecting. 
NA'-BOTH — Words, or prophecies, or fruits. *Promi- 

nence. 
NA'-CHON— ^Stroke. 
NA'-CHOR — *An ancestor of Jesus. 
NA'-DAB — Free and voluntary gift; or, prince. *Lib- 

eral, willing. 
NAG'-GE — Brightness. *An ancestor of Jesus. 
NA-H A-LAL, N A-H AL'-L AL, N A-H A'-LOL — A 

Levitical city in Zebulum. 

NA-HA-Lr-EL— ^Inheritance of God. 

NAH'-AM— ^Consolation. 

NA-HA-MA'-NI— ^Comforter. 

NA-HA-RI, NA-H A-RA'-I— My nostrils, my nose ; or, 
hoarse, dry, hot, angry. One of David's 
valiant captains. 2 Sam., 23-37, "^Snorting 
one. 

NA'-HASH — Snake, or serpent, or that foretells, or 
brass. ^Oracle. 

NA'-HATH— ^Lowness. 
NAH'-BI — '''Jah is protection, consolation. 
NA'-HOR — Hoarse, dry, hot, angry. ^Piercer, slayer. 
NAH'-SHON— ^Oracle. 

NA'-HUM — Comforter, penitent; or, their guide. The 
name of a prophet. Nah., 1-1. ^Comforter. 
NA'-IN — Beauty, pleasantness. 



136 N 

NA'-IOTH — Beauties ; or habitations, abodes. *Dwell- 
ing. 

NA-0'-:^II— Beautiful, agreeable. ^Pleasant. 

NA'-PHISH — The soul; or, he that rests or refreshes 
himself, that respires; or, according to the 
Syriac, that multiplies. The son of Ish- 
maeL Gen., 25-15. ^Numerous. 

NAPH-TA'-LI — Comparison, likeness; or, that strug- 
gles, or fights. ^Wrestling. 

NAPH-TU'-HIM— /^/la&iVaiif^ of Central Egypt, 

NAR-CIS'-SUS — Astonishment, stupidity, surprise. 
Rom., 16-11. "^Flower causing lethargy. 

NA'-THAX — Who gives, or is given. ^Giver. 
NA-THA-NA'-EL— The gift of God. ^Gift of God. 
NA-THAN ME'-LECH— The gift of the king. 2 Kings, 
23-11. ^The king is giver. 

NA-UM— See NAHUM. ^Frorn Heb., comfort. 

NAZ-AR-ENE — Kept, or flower. A native of Nazareth. 
^A native of Nazareth. 

NAZ-AR'-ETH— Separated, sanctified. 

NAZ-AR-ITE— ^Separated. 

NE'-AH— ^The settlement. 

NE-A-PO'-LIS — New city, from the Greek words mean- 
ing new, fresh, and a city. 

NE-AR-r-AH— *Jah drives away. 

NE'-BAI — "^^Marrowy, projecting. 



N 137 

NE-BA'-IOTH, NE-BA'-JOTH— Words, or prophecies, 
or fruits. ^Husbandry. 

NE-BAL'-LAT— *Hard, firm. 

NE'-BAT— That beholds. *Look, cultivation. 

NE'-BO — That speaks, prophesies, or fructifies. '''Height. 

NE-BU-CHAD-NEZ'-ZAR— Tears and groans of judg- 
ment; or, trouble, or sorrow of judgment. 

NE-BU-CHAD-REZ-ZAR— *Same as NEBUCHAD- 
NEZZAR. 

NE-BU-SHAS'-BAN— ^ prince of Nebuchadnezzar. 

NE-BU-ZAR-A'-D AN— Fruits or prophecies of judg- 
ment; or, winnowed, or spread. 

NE'-CHO, NE-CHOH— Lame, or who was beaten. The 
name of a king of Egypt, 2 Kings, 23-29. 

NE-DAB-I'-AH— ^Jehovah is willing, liberal. 

NE-GI'-NAH, NE-Cr-NOTH— *A kind of stringed in- 
strument. 

NEGO— Same as NEBO. 

NE-HE-LA'-MITE — Dreamer, or dream; or, vale, or 
brook, or inheritance of the waters. 

NE-HEM-I'-AH — Consolation, or repentance of the 
Lord ; or, rest of the Lord ; or, conduct of 
the Lord. *Jah is comfort. 

NE-HI'-LOTH — *Name of a music choir, inheritance. 
NE'-HUM— ^Comfort. 



138 N 

NE-HUSH'-TA — Snake, soothsayer, or of brass. 
Mother of Jehoiakim. 2 Kings, 24-8. 
*Basis, ground, support. 

NE-HUSH'-TAX — Which is of brass or copper; by 
derision, a trifle of brass. *Brazen serpent. 
NE-r-EL— ^DwelHng of God. 
XE'-KEB— *The hollow. 
NE-KO'-DA— ^Herdsman. 
NE-MU'-EL— ^God is spreading. 
NE'-PHEG— *Sprout. 
XEPHISH— ^See XAPHISH. 
XE-PHI-SHE'-SBI— ^Expansions. 

NEPH-THA'-LBI— ^The country and tribe of Xaph- 

tali, which see. 
NEPH-TO'-AH— ^ small stream on the N. W. of Jerii- 

salenu 
NE-PHU'-SBI— ^Expansions. 

X'ER — Lamp, brightness ; or, land new tilled. "^Light. 
XE-RE'-US— See XER. 

X"ER'-GAL — A zuar god of the men of Cuth. 
XER-GAL SHAR-E'-ZER— .^ prince of Xehuchadnez- 

zar. 
XE'-RI— My light. The father of Salathiel Luke, 3-27. 

*An ancestor of Jesus. 
X^E-RI'-AH — Light and lamp of the Lord; or, the Lord 

is my light. "^Jah is light. 
XE-THAX'-EEL— See XATHAXAEL. ^God gives. 



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NE-THAN-r-AH— The gift of the Lord. *Jah gives. 
NE-THIN'-IMS — Given, or offered. The Giheonites, or 

those who succeeded them in their service. 

'''Dedicated. 
NE-TO'-PHAH— ^Resin-dropping. 

NE-TO-PHA'-THI, NE-TO-PHA-THITE— /n/^aftzVanf 
of Netophah. 

NE-Zr-AH— *Pre-eminent. 
NE'-ZIB— '^Plantation. 

NIB'-HAZ — That fructifies, or that produces vision ; or, 
to prophesy, to foretell, or to speak. An idol 
of the Avites. 2 Kings, 17-31. 

NIB'-SHAN— *The furnace. 

NI-CA'-NOR — A conqueror, or victorious ; from Greek 

word meaning I conquer. '''Conqueror. 
NI-CO-DE'-MUS — Innocent blood; or according to the 

Greek, the victory of the people; from the 

Greek words meaning I conquer, and the 

people. '''Innocent blood. 
NI-CO-LAI-TANES— Victory of the people; from the 

Greek words meaning, I overcome, and the 

people. The followers of Nicholas. 
NI-CO'-LAS — From the same. A deacon. Acts, 6-5. 

'''Conqueror of the people. 

NI-CO-PO'-LIS — The city of victory, or victorious city; 
from the Greek words meaning I conquer, 
and a city. '''City of victory. 



140 I^ 

Nr-GER— Black. 

NIM'-RAH— ^Flowing water. 

NIM'-RIM — Leopard, bitterness, rebellion, or change. 

The name of a place. Isa., 15-6. ^Flowing 

streams. 

NIM'-ROD — Rebellious, or steep of descent, or of him 

that rules. *Valiant, strong. 
NIM'-SHI — Rescued from danger; or, that touches. 

*Jah reveals. 

NI-NE'-VAH — Handsome, agreeable; or, dwelling. 
NI'-SAN — Flight, or standard ; or, proof and temptation. 
NIS'-ROCH — Flight, or standard, or proof and temp- 
tation ; tender, or delicate. '''Eagle, hawk. 

NO — Stirring up, or a forbidding. 

NO-AD-I'-AH — Witness, or assembly, or ornament of 

the Lord. *Jah assembles. 
NO'- AH, NO'-E — Repose, or rest, or consolation. *Rest. 

NO'-AH — That quavers, or totters. Daughter of Zelo- 
phehad. Num., 26-33. *Flattery. 

NOB — Discourse, prophecy. "^Height. 
NO'-BAH— That barks, or yelps. A city. Num., 32-42. 
*Prominent. 

NOD — Vagabond. A country. Gen., 4-16. *Wandering. 
NO'-DAB— ^Liberal, willing. 
NO'-GAH— ^Shining. 



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NO'-HAH— *Rest. 

NON — "^Continuation. 

NOPH — Honeycomb, a sieve, or that drops. 

NO'-PHAH— ^Height. 

NUN — Son, posterity, durable and eternal. *Continua- 

tion. 
NYMPH'-AS — Spouse, or bridegroom. 



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O-BAD-r-AH— Servant of the Lord. ^Servant of Jah. 
O'-BAL — Inconvenience of old age; or, of the flux. The 
son of Joktan. Gen., 10-28. "^Bare. 

O'-BED — A servant. ^Serving. 

O-BED E'-DOM— The servant of Edom, or the Idu- 

mean; or, labourer of the man, or red, or 

earthy. ^Servant of Edom. 

O'-BIL — That weeps, or deserves to be bewailed; or 

ancient; or, who is brought. One that had 

the care of David's camels. 1 Chron., 27- 
30. "^Driver, leader. 

O'-BOTH— ^Hollows. 

OC'-RAN — Disturber, or that disorders. *Troubler. 

O'-DED — To sustain, to hold, to lift up, *Aiding. 



142 O 

OG — A cake, bread baked in the ashes. *Long-necked, 

giant. 
O'-HAD— ^Powerful. 
O'-HEL — Tent, tabernacle; or, brightness. 1 Chron., 3- 

20. *Family, race, tent. 

O-Lr-VET— ^Olives. 
O-LYM'-PAS— Heavenly. 

O'-MAR— He that speaks; or, bitter. Gen., 36-11. 
"^Mountaineer. 

OAI-E'-GA — The last of the Greek alphabet. 
OM'-RI — A sheaf, or bundle of corn; or, rebellion, or 
bitter. "^Jah apportions. 

ON — Pain, force, iniquity. "^Sun. 
O'-NAM— ^Strength. 

O'-NAN — Pain, strength, power, iniquity. ^Strength. 
0-NE-Sr-MUS— Profitable, useful; from Greek word 
meaning usefulness. ^Profitable. 

O-NE-SI-PHO'-RUS— Who brings profit; from the 
Greek w^ords meaning usefulness and he 
that brings. ^Bringing profit. 

O'-NO— ^Strong. 

O'-PHEL — Tower, or elevated place ; or, obscurity. *The 
high place. 

O'-PHIR— Ashes. *Fat, rich. 

OPH'-NI— *The high place. 

OPH'-RAH— Dust, fawn, lead. A city. Josh., 18-23. 
*Hamlet. 



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O'-REB — A raven, sweet, caution, or mixture, or eve- 
ning. *Raven, bustard. 

O'-REN— ^Strength. 

O-Rr-ON— A constellation. ^Strong. 

OR'-NAN — That rejoices; their bow or ark; or light of 

the sun. * Strong. 
OR'-PAH — The neck or the scull, nakedness of the 

mouth, or face. ^Youthful, freshness. 

O'-SEE — "^Greek name of the prophet Hosea. 
O-SHE'-A— *God saves. 

OTH'-NI — My time, my hour. The son of Shemaiah. 
1 Chron., 26-7. *Jah is force. 

OTH-NI'-EL — The time or the hour of God. *God is 

force. 
O'-ZEM — That fasts; or, their eagerness. ^Strength. 
O-Zr-AS— Strength from the Lord. *See UZZIAH. 
OZ'-NI— *Jah hears. 



PA-A'-RAI— Opening. ^Revelation of Jah. 

PAD-AN A'-RAM— Padan of the field, and Aram 
Syria; a city of Syria where Lahan dwelt. 
Gen., 25-20. *The plain of Aram. 

PA'-DON— ^Deliverance. 



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PAG-I'-EL — Prevention of God, or prayer of God. *God 
meets. 

PA-HATH ]\IO'-AB— ^Perfect of Moab. 

PA'-I — '''Yawning deep. 

PA'-LAL— *A judge. 

PA-LES-TI-NA, PA-LES-TINE— Which is covered, 

watered, or to bring or cause ruin. *Emi- 

gration. 

PAL'-LU — ^Distinguished, wonderful. 
PAL-LU-ITES— *The Pallui. 

PAL-TI — Dehverance, or flight. Son of Raphu, Num., 
13-9. *Jah deHvers. 

PAL-TI'-EL— *God dehvers. 

PAL-TITE— *The Palti. 

PAM-PHY-LI-A — A nation made of every tribe, from 

the Greek words meaning all and a tribe. 
PAN'-NAG— *Sweet. 
PA'-PHOS — Which boils, or which is very hot. From 

Greek words meaning to boil, or to be very 

hot. 
PA'-RAH— *The wild place. 
PA'-RAN — Beauty, glory, ornament. '''Full of caverns. 

PAR'-BAR — A gate or building belonging to the temple. 

"^Open summer house. 
PAR-AIASH'-TA— ^ son of Haman the Agagitc. 
PAR-ME'-NAS— That abides and is permanent, from 

the Greek word meaning I abide. 



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PAR'-NACH — The father of Elizaphan, a chief of 
Zebvilun, 

PAR'-OSH— A flea; or, fruit of the moth. Ezra, 2-3. 
^Fleeing, fugitive. 

PAR-SHAN-DA'-THA— Revelation, of corporeal im- 
purities, or of his trouble, or dung of im- 
purity. The son of Haman. Esth., 9-7. 

PAR-THI-ANS— Horsemen. 

PA-RU'-AH — Flourishing, or, according to the Syriac, 
that flies away. Father of Jehosaphat. 1 
Kings, 4-17. ^Increase. 

PAR-VA'-IM — '•'An unknown gold region. 

PA'-SACH— *Limping. 

PAS-DAM-MIM— ^Extremity of the flowings. 

PA-SE'-AH, PHA-SE'-AH— ^Limping. 

PASH'-UR — That extends, or multiplies the whole, or 
whiteness ; or, that multiplies or extends the 
liberty, or the principality. "^Free. 

PA-TA'-RA — Which is trod under foot; from the 
Greek word meaning I tread under foot. 

PATH'-ROS — Mouthful of dew; or, persuasion, or 
dilatation of ruin. 

PATH-RU'-SIM— ^ descendant of the fifth son of Miz- 
rain, 

PAT'-MOS — Mortal; from the Greek word meaning I 
am squeezed to pieces. 



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PA-TRO'-BAS — Paternal or that pursues the steps of 
his father; from Greek words meaning a 
father, and I go. Rom., 16-14. 

PA'-U, PA'-I — That cries aloud; or, that appears. A 
city. Gen., 36-39. "^A yawning deep. 

PAUL, or PAULUS — A worker. His former name was 
Saul, a sepulchre, a destroyer. *Little. 

PE-DA'-HEL— ^God delivers. 

PE-DAH-ZUR — Saviour, strong and powerful ; or, 
stone of redemption; or, the redemption of 
that which is placed or set up. Num., 1-10. 
*The rock delivers. 

PE-DA'-IAH— Redemption of the Lord. 2 Kings, 23- 
36. ^Jah delivers. 

PE'-KAH — He that opens; or, that opens the eye, or 
that is at liberty. "^AA^atchfulness. 

PE-KAH'-L\H— It is the Lord that opens. *Jah watches. 

PE'-KOD— ^Msitation. 

PE-LA'-L\H— ^Jah is distinguished. 

PE-LAL-r-AH— *Jah judges. 

PE-LAT-r AH— Let the Lord deliver; or, the deliver- 
ance, or flight of the Lord. *Jah delivers. 

PE'-LEG — Division. The son of Eber. Gen., 10-25. 
"^Division. 

PE'-LET — "^Escape. 
PE'-LETH— ^Flight, haste. 



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PE-LETH-ITES — Judges, or destroyers. These zvcre 

troops or guards of King David. 2 Sam., 

8-18. 
PE-LON-ITE— P^r/za/)^ the same as PAL-TITE, 
PE-NI'-EL — Face, or vision of God; or, that sees God. 

*Face of God. 
PE-NIN'-NAH — Pearl, precious stone; or, his face. 

The- wife of Elkanah. 1 Sam., 1-2. *Coral. 
PENTECOST — Feast on fiftieth day after Passover. 
PE-NU'-EL— See PENIEL. *Face of God. 
PE'-OR — Hole, or opening. ^Opening. 
PE'-RESH— ^Separate. 
PE'-REZ — ^Bursting through. 

PE-REZ UZ'-ZAH, or PE-REZ-UZ'-ZA— ^Breach of 
Uzza. 

PER'-GA — Very earthy; from the Greek words mean- 
ing very and the earth. 

PER-GA'-MOS— Height, elevation. 
PE-RF-DA— ^Separation. 

PE-RIZ-ZITE — The name of the people^ who dwelt in 
villages, or places not enclosed with zvalls. 

PERSIA, PER-SIS — That cuts or divides ; or, nail, gry- 
phon, horseman. 

PE-RU'-DA — ^Separation, isolation. 

PET'-ER— A rock, a stone. *A stone. 

PE-THAH-F-AH— *Jah opens. 

PE'-THOR— ^Extension. 



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PE-THU'-EL— Mouth of God; or, dilitation, or, per- 
suasion of God. Father of Joel. Joel, 1-1. 
*Go"d delivers. 

PE-UL'-THAI— *Jah works. 
PHA'-LEC— See PELEG. ^Division. 

PHALLU — Admirable, or hidden. The son of Reuben. 
Gen., 46-9. 

PHAL'-TI — Deliverance, or flight. The son of Laish. 
1 Sam., 25-44. *Jah causes to escape. 

PHALTIEL — "^Jah causes to escape. 

PHA-NU'-EL — Face, or vision of God. Luke, 2-36. 

PHAR'-AOH — That disperses, that spoils, that discov- 
ers; or, according to the Syriac, the re- 
venger, the destroyer; the king, the croco- 
dile. ^Sun. 

PHAR-AOH-HOPH-RA— ^Priest of the sun. 
PHA'-RES— ^Breach from Heb. 

PHA'-REZ — Division, rupture; or, that breaks forth 
violently. ^Breaking forth. 

PHA-RI-SEES— *Fro7;^ Heb. separate. 
PHAROSH— ^See PAROSH. 

PHAR'-PAR— That produces fruits ; or, the fall of the 
bull. ^Swift. 

PHAR-ZITES— ^The Partsi. 
PHASEAH— *See PASEAH. 
PHE'-BE — Shining, pure. 



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PHE-NICE — Red, or purple; from the Greek word 
meaning palm-tree. 

PHE-Nr-CIA— i^am^ as Phenice. 

PHI'-BE-SETH — A city in Egypt also called Bubastis, 

PHIC'-HOL — The mouth of all, or every tongue ; or, 

perfection, or completing of the mouth. 

Gen., 21-22. "^Great, strong, tamarisk. 

PHIL-A-DELPH'-IA— The love of a brother, or of a 
fraternity; from the Greek words meaning 
a friend and a brother. 

PHIL-E'-MON — That kisses, or is affectionate; from 
Greek word meaning a kiss. 

PHIL-E'-TUS — Amiable, or who is beloved. 
PHIL'-IP — Warlike, or a lover of horses. *A lover of 
horses. 

PHIL-IP'-PI— The same. 

PHI-LIST'-IA— The country of the Philistines. *Mi- 
gration. 

PHI-LIST-IM — The descendants of Casluhim. 
PHI-LIS-TINES— Those that dwelt in villages. 
PHI-LO-LO'-GUS — A lover of learning, or of the word ; 

from Greek words meaning a lover, and the 

word. *A lover of words. 

PHI-NE'-HAS — A bold countenance, or face of trust, 

or protection. ^Oracle. 
PHLE'-GON — Zealous, burning. ^Burning. 
PHRY'-GIA— Dry, barren. 



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PHU'-RAH— That bears fruit, or that grows. ^Beauty. 

PHUT, or PUT— *Bow. 

PHU'-VAH— ^Utterance. 

PHY-GELLUS— Fugitive. One who forsook St. Paul. 

PI-BESETH— ^See PHIBESETH. 

PI-HA-HI'-ROTH— The mouth, the pass of Hiroth, or 

the opening of liberty; or, mouth engraved. 

*The place of meadows. 
PILATE — Who is armed with a dart. 
PIL'-DASH— *Flame of fire. 
PIL-E'-HA— ^Worship. 
PIL'-TAI — *Jah causes to escape. 
PI'-NON — Pearl, or gem; or, that beholds. One of the 

heads of Esau's posterity. Gen., 36-41. 

*Ore pit. 
PIR'-AM— *Wild, roving. 
PIR-A'-THON — His dissipation, his deprivation; his 

rupture; or according to the Syriac, his 

vengeance. A city. Judg., 12-15. *Peak, 

top. 

PIRATHONITE— ^n inhabitant of Pirathon. 
PIS'-GAH — Hill, eminence, fortress. "^Peak, point. 
PI-SI-DrA— Pitch, or pitchy. 

PI'SON — Changing, or doubling, or extension of the 
mouth ; or, extended or multitude. One of 
the rivers of Paradise. Gen., 2-11. ^Freely 
flowing. 



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PIS'-PAH— *Expansion. 

PI'-THOM — Their mouthful, or bit; or consummation, 

or dilatation of the mouth. A city. Exod., 

1-11. *Narrow pass. 
PI'-THON — His mouth, or his persuasion, or gift of the 

mouth. Son of Micah. 1 Chron., 8-35. 

*Harmless. 

PLE-IA-DES — *The cluster of seven stars. 
PO-CHE'-RETH— *Binding. 
POLLUX— *The twin brother of Castor. 
PONTIUS — Marine, or belonging to the sea. 
PON'-TUS— The sea. 

PO-RA'-THA— Fruitful. The son of Haman. Esth., 
9-8. 

POR-CI'-US FES-TUS. 

PO-TI'-PHAR— The bull of Africa ; or, a fat bull. 

PO-TI PHE'-RAH— That scatters, or demolishes the 

fat. 
PRIS'-CA — A Latin word signifying ancient. 2 Tim., 

4-19. 

PRIS-CIL'-LA— From the same. 

PRO-CHO'-RUS— He that presides over the choirs; 
from the Greek words meaning before, and 
company of singers. Acts, 6-5. 

PTO-LE-MA'-IS — A seaport in Asher between Carmel 
and Tyre. 

PU'-AH, or PU'-A— *Utterance. 



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PUB'-LIUS — Common. "^Common. 
PU'-DEXS — Shamefaced. '^'Shamefaced. 
PUHITES — Descendants from Caleb, 
PUL — Bean, or destruction. "^Strong. 
PUXITES— Fam//v of Piia. 

PU'-XOX — Precious stone, or that beholds. 0)ie of the 
stations of the Israelites. X'um., 33-42. 
"^Ore pit. 

PUR, or PU'-RBI— Lot. See appellatives. *Lots. 
PU-TE-O'-LI — A city in Campania. 
PU-TI'-EL — God is my fatness. TJie fatlier-in-lazu of 
Eleazar, Exod., 6-25. "^God enlightens. 



Q 

QUARTUS— The fourth. Rom., 16-23. ^Fourth. 



R 

RAA'-MAH — Greatness, thunder; or, some sort of evil, 
or bruising, or company. Gen., 10-7. 
^Trembling. 

RA-A^r-L\H — "^Jah causes trembling. 

RA-AM'-SES— *Son of the sun. 



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RAB'-BAH, RAB'-BATH— Great, powerful, conten- 
tious, or disputative. '''Great. 

RABBI — *A great man, teacher. 

RAB'-BITH— *The great place. 

RABBONI— *My rabbi. 

RAB'-MAG — Who overthrows or destroys a multitude; 
or, chief, or prince of dissolution ; or, chief 
of the magicians. Jer., 39-3. *Head of 
the Magi. 

RAB-SA'-RIS — Grand master of the Eunuchs. 2 Kings, 
18-17. *Head of the eunuchs. 

RAB-SHA'-KEH — Cup-bearer of the prince, or cham- 
berlain. *Head of the cup-bearers. 

RA-CHAB— *Breadth. 

RA'-CHAL — Injurious, or perfumer, or trafficking. A 
city. 1 Sam., 30-29. *Place of traffic. 

RA'-CHEL— A sheep. *A lamb. 

RAD'-DAI— *Jah subdues. 

RA'-GAU— A friend, a neighbor. ^See REU. 

RA-GU'-EL — Shepherd of God, or friend of God ; or, 

rupture of God. The father of Hobal. 

Num., 10-29. *Jah is friend. 

RA'-HAB — Proud, strong, quarrelsome. Egypt, as most 
think, is called by this name. ^Tumult. 

RA'-HAB — Which is large and extended, or public place. 
The name of a woman. '''Breadth. 

RA'-HAM— *Pity, love. 



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RAHEL— ^aw^ as RACHEL. 
RA'-KEM— ^Friendship. 

RAK-KATH — Empty, or spittle, or temple of the head. 
A city. Josh., 19-35. "^Bank, flowing. 

RAK'-KON — Vain, void; or, mountain of lamentations 

and tears; or, mountain of enjo3^ment. A 
city. Josh., 19-46. *Well watered. 

RAM — Elevated, sublime; or, who rejects, or is rejected. 
*High. 

RA'-AIA, RA'-MAH. 

RA'-MATH— Raised, lofty. A city. Josh., 19-8. 
^Height. 

RA-MA-THA-IAI ZO'-PHIM— A city. 1 Sam., 1-1. 
The same as Ramah. Literally, Ramathaim, 
signifies the tzuo Ramathas, probably be- 
cause the city was divided into two parts. 
The city of Ramah, Samuers birthplace, 
was also called Zophim, which signifies 
watch-tower, or watchmen, because the 
prophets, who are called watchmen, had a 
school, or college there. 

RAM-A-THITE— /i native of Ramah. 

RAM-ATH LE'-HI— Elevation of the jaw bone. The 

name of a place. Judg., 15-17. "^High 

place of the jaw bone. 
RA-MATH MIZ'-PEH— *Place of watch-tower. 



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RA-ME'-SES — Thunder; or reproach of the mouth; or 
he that destroys, or dissolves evil. Gen., 
47-11. Exod., 1-11. *Son of the sun. 

RAM'-IAH— *Jah is high. 

RA'-MOTH — Eminences, high places. A city of this 
name was situated in Gilead, and called 
Ramoth-gilead. 1 Kings, 4-13. ^Heights. 

RA-MOTH GIL-EAD— ^ city of Gad in Gilead. 

RA'-PHA — Relaxation, or physic. ^Fearful. 

RA'-PHU — Cured, comforted. *Feared. 

RE-A'-IA, RE-A'-IAH— *Jah sees. 

RE'-BA — The fourth, or a square; that stoops or lies 

down. A king of Midian. Num., 31-8. . 

'''Sprout, offspring. 

RE-BEC'-CA — *Same as the succeeding. 
RE-BEK'-AH — Flat, fattened; or, quarrel appeased or 
removed. ^Flattering. 

RE'-CHAB — Square, or chariot, or team of horses, or a 
rider. ^Companionship. 

RE-CHAB-ITES— r/i^ posterity of Rechab, 

RE'-CHAH— ^Declivity. 

RE-E-LA'-IAH — *Jah causes trembling. 

RE'-GEM — That stones, or is stoned, or purple. The 
son of Jaddai. 1 Chron., 2-47. "^Friend- 
ship, association. 

RE-GEM ME'-LECH— He that stones the king; or the 
purple of the king, or of the council. Zech., 

7-2. 



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RE-HAB'-IAH — Breadth, or extent, or place of the 
Lord ; or, God is my extent, he hath set me 
at Hberty. The son of Eliezer. 1 Chron., 
23-17. *Jah is a widener. 

RE'-HOB — Breadth, space, or extent. A city. Josh., 
19-28. *Width. 

RE-HO-BO'-AM— Who set the people at Hberty; or, 
space of the people ; or, that lets the people 
breathe, or blow. *Freer of the people. 

RE-HC'-BOTH — Spaces, or places. ^Enlargement. 

RE'-HUM — Merciful, compassionate, or friendly. *Pity. 

RE'-I — My shepherd, my companion, my friend; or, my 
evil, or my breaking. 1 Kings, 1-8. *Jah 
is a friend. 

RE'-KEM— ^Friendship. 

RE-MAL'-IAH— The exaltation of the Lord; or, who 
is rejected of the Lord. *Jah increases. 

RE'-METH— ^Height. 

REM'-MON — Greatness, elevation: or, a pomegranate 

tree. A city. Jos., 19-7. '''See Rimmon. 
REM-MON ME-THO'-AR— .4 city in Zehulun. 
REM'-PHAN — The name of an idol which some think 

to he Saturn. See STAR in Appellatives. 
RE-PHA'-EL — The physic, or medicine of God. The 

son of Shemaiah, 1 Chron., 26-7. *God 

is a healer. 
RE'-PHAH— *Healing, support. 



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RE-PHA-r AH— *Jah heals. 

RE-PHA'-IM — Giant, physician, or relaxed, or that re- 
lax, that weaken. * Strong. 

RE-PHA'-IMS— From the same. *Strong. 
RE-PHI'-DIM— Beds, or places of rest. ^Plains. 
RES'-EN— A bridle, or bit. A city. Gen., 10-12. *For- 
tress. 

RE'-SHEPH— *Haste. 

RE'-U — ^His friend, his shepherd. The son of Peleg. 
Gen., 11-18. *Friendship. 

RE-U'-BEN — Who sees the son, or vision of the son. 

Jacobus eldest son by Leah; he endeavoured 

to deliver Joseph from his brethren. *Be- 

hold a son. 
REUBENITES— The posterity of Reuben. *The Reu- 

benite. 
RE-U'-EL — Shepherd, or friend of God. The son of 

Esau. , Gen., 36-4. *God is friend. 

RE-U'-MAH — Lofty, sublime. Nahor's concubine. Gen., 
22-24. *Pearl, coral. 

RE'-ZEPH— ^Stronghold. 

REZ'-IA — *Jah is pleasing. 

RE'-ZIN — Voluntary, or good will; or, runner. *Do- 

niinion. 
RE'-ZON — Lean, or small, or secret, or prince. The son 

of Eliadah. 1 Kings, 11-23. ^Prince, 

noble. 



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RHE-GI-UM — Rupture, or fracture. From the Greek. 
^Breach. 

RHE'-SA — Will, or course. *An ancestor of Jesus. 

RHO'-DA— A rose. *A rose. 

RHO'-DES— A rose. 

RI'-BAI— *Jah contends. 

RIB'-LAH — Quarrel, or greatness to him; or, quarrel 
that increases, or that spreads. 2 Kings, 
23-33. *Bare place. SeeDiblath.* 

RIM'-MON — Pomegranate, exalted. "^Pomegranate. 

RIM-MON FA'-REZ—Station between Rithmah and 
Libnah, 

RIN'-NAH— *A shout, strength. 

RI'-PHATH — Remedy, or medicine, or release, or par- 
don. The son of Gomer. Gen., 10-3. 

RIS'-SAH — Watering, distillation, or dew. One of the 
stations of the Israelites in the wilderness. 
Num.. 33-21 . *Heap of ruins. 

RITH'-MAH— *Broom. 

RIZ'-PAH — Bed, or extension, or coal, or fire stone. 
"^Variagated. 

RO-BO'-AA^— *See Rehoboam. 
RO-GE'-LIM— ^Fullers' place. 
ROH'-GAH— ^Outcry, alarm. 

RO-MAM-TI E'-ZER— Exaltation of help. Son of He- 
man. 1 Chron., 25-4. ^Highest help. 

RO'-MAN — Strong, powerful; from the Greek word 
meaning strength. ^Belonging to Rome. 



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ROME— Strength, power. 

ROSH — The head, or the top, or the beginning. The 
son of Benjamin. Gen., 46-21. *Head. 

RU'-FUS— Red. *Red. 

RU-HA'-MAH— Having obtained mercy. *Pitied. 

RU'-MAH — Exalted, sublime, or rejected. A city. 2 

Kings, 23-36. ^Height. 
RUTH — Filled, satisfied. '''Friendship. 



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SA-BA'-OTH— *Ffom Heh. hosts. 
SA-BE-ANS — Captivity, or, conversion, age. 
SAB'-TAH, SAB-TA— T/z/rrf son of Cush, 

SAB-TE'-CHA, SAB-TE-CHAH— That surrounds, or 
causes wounding. The son of Cash. Gen., 
10-7. '''Fifth son of Cush. 

SA-CAR— *Hired. 

SAD-DU-CEES — A sect of the Jews, who derived their 
origin from Sadok, 

SADOC — Just, or, justified. The father of Achim, 
Mat., 1-14. ^From Heb. righteous, just. 

SA'-LAH, SA'-LA — Mission, sending; or, branches, or 
dart, or, according to the Syriac, that spoils, 
or spoiled. The son of Arphaxad, Gen., 
10-24. 



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SA-LA-MIS — Shaken, lost, beaten; from the Greek word 
meaning, I beat, I toss. An island. Acts, 
13-5. 

SA-LA-THI-EL — I have asked of God ; or, loan of God. 

SAL'-CAH, or SAL'-CHAH— nVandering. 

SA'-LEM — Complete, perfect, or peace. *Summit. 

SA'-LIM— John, 3-23. See SHALIM. ''From Heb. 
completeness. 

S AL'-LAI— *Re j ector . 

SAU-LU — ^Contempt, rejection. Also weighted, dear. 

SAL'-MA — "^Strength, firmness. 

SAL'-MON — Peaceable, perfect, or that rewards. '''Ter- 
race, ascent. 

SAL-MO'-NE— A city. 

SA-LO'-ME— See SALMON. 

SA'-LU — ^Miserable, unfortunate. 

SA-MA'-RIA — His lees, his prison, his guard, his throne, 
or his diamond. In Heb., Shomeron. 
*Watch. 

SA-MA-RI-TANS— P^o/)/^ of Samaria. 

SAM-GAR NE'-BO— ^ prince of the king of Babylon. 

SAM'-LAH — Raiment; or, his left hand; or, his name, 
his astonishment, or what has been put to 
him. A king of Edom. Gen., 36-36. "^Gar- 
ment. 

SA'-MOS — Full of gravel; from the Greek word mean- 
ing sand. An island. Acts, 20-15. 



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SA-MO-THRA-CI-A— An island, so called because it 
was peopled by Samians and Thracians. 
Acts, 16-11. 

SAM'-SON — His sun; or, according to the Syriac, his 
service, or his ministry; or, here the sec- 
ond time. ^Distinguished, strong. 

SA-MU'-EL— Heard of God, or asked of God. ^Heard 
of God. 

SAN-BAL'-LAT — Bush in secret; or, the enemy in 

secret. 

SAN-SAN'-NAH— ^Instruction. 

S APH — Rushes or sea moss, end, consummation ; or ves- 
sel, flat, threshold. A giant. 2 Sam., 21- 
18. ^Preserver. 

SA'-PHIR— A city. ^Beautiful, thorny. 

SAP-PHI'-RA— That relates, or tells; or, that writes 
or composes books ; or, handsome. *Sap- 
phire. 

SA'-RAH, or SARA — Lady, or princess ; or, the princess 
of the multitude. ^Princess. 

SA'-RAI — My lady, my princess. *Jah is prince. 
SA'-RAPH— ^Burning. 

SAR'-DIS — Prince of joy, or song of joy; or, that which 

remains. Syr., a pot, a kettle. 
SAR-DF-US — The capital of Lydia. 



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SA-REP'-TA — A goldsmith's shop, where metals used 
to be melted and tried. "^See ZARE- 
PHATH. 

SAR-GON — Who takes away protection; or, that takes 
away the garden ; or, according to the Syr- 
iac, nets, snares. A king of Assyria. Isa., 
20-1. 

SA'-RID— ^Refuge. 

SA'-RON— See SHARON. 

SAR-SE'-CHIM— Master of the wardrobe; or, of the 

perfumes. Jer., 39-3. *Chief of the 

eunuchs. 
SA'-RUCH — Branch, layer; or, twining. "^See SERUG. 

SA'-TAN — Contrary, adversary, a party in a process, an 
enemy, an accuser. "^The hater, accuser. 

SAUL — Demanded, or lent, ditch, sepulchre, death, or 
hell. "^ Asked. 

SCE'-VA — Disposed, prepared; from the Greek word 
meaning I dispose, I prepare. 

SCY-TK-I-AN — Tanner, or leather-dresser. "^Belong- 
ing to Scythia. 

SE'-BA — Drunkard; or, that turns, or surrounds; or, 
old man, according to the Syriac. ^'Eldest 
son of Cush. 

SE'-BAT — Twig, sceptre, tribe. Zech., 1-7. 

SE-CA'-CAH— ^Enclosure. 

SE'-CHU— *Watchplace. 



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SE-CUN'-DUS — A believer of Thessalonica. 
SE'-GUB— Fortified, or raised. 1 Kings, 16-34. *Might, 

protection. 
SE'-IR — Hairy, goat, demon, tempest, or barley. *Rough, 

wooded. 

SE-r-RATH— *The wooded. 
SE'-LA, SE'-LAH— *The rock or clifif. 
SE-LA HAM-MAH-LE'-KOTH— *Rock of the separa- 
tions. 
SE'-LED— ^Exultation. 

SE-LU-CI-A — Shaken or beaten by the waves, or that 
runs as a river. 

SEM— *See SHEM. 
SE-MACH'-IAH— *Jah supports. 

SE-ME'-I — Hearing, or obeying. *An ancestor of 
Jesus. See Shimei. 

SE-NA'-AH— ^Thorn-hedge. See HASSENAAH. 
SE'-NEH— Bush, a rock. 1 Sam., 14-4. ^Pointed rock. 
SE'-NIR — *Peak or snowy mountain. 

SEN-NA-CHE'-RIB— Bush of destruction of the sword, 
of solitude, of drought. 

SE-NU'-AH— *The violated. See HASENUAH. 
SE-O'-RIM— *Fear, distress. 

SE'-PHAR — A mount of the east in the S. W. of Arabia, 
SE-PHA'-RAD — The ancient Iberia or Georgia. 
SE-PHAR-VA'-IM— The two books, or the two scribes. 



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SE'-RAH — Lady of scent; or, the song; or, the morning, 
the morning star. The daughter of Asher, 
Gen., 46-17. ^Extension. 

SE-RA'-IAH — Prince of the Lord, or the Lord is my 
prince ; or, song of the Lord. "^Jah is prince. 

SE-RA'-PHIM— ^Burning, noble. 
SE'-RED — '''Escape, deliverance. 
SER-GI'-US, PAULUS--*Deputy of Cyprus. 
SE'-RUG — Branch, layer; or, twining. The father of 

Nahor. Gen., 11-22. ^Strength, firmness. 
SETH — Put, or who puts. ^Compensation, sprout. 
SE'-THUR— ^Hidden, secreted. 
SHA-A-LAB'-BIN— '^Jackals. 
SHA-AL'-BIM— That beholds the heart; or, fist, or 

hand, or fox of the sea. Judg., 1-35. *Same 

as preceding. 

SRA-KL-'^O-^IT'E— Inhabitant of Shaalahhin. 

SHA'-APH— *Union, friendship. 

SHA-A-RA'-IM — Gates, valuation, hairs, barley, tem- 
pests, goats, demons. A city. 1 Chron., 
4-21. ^Double cleft. 

SHA-ASH'-GAZ— He that presses the fleece ; or, he that 
performs the shearing of the sheep. Estli., 
2-14. 

SHAB-BE'-THAI— *Sabbath-born. 
SHACH'-IA— *Fame of Jah. 

SHAD'-RACH— Tender nipple ; or, field soft and tender. 
Dan., 1-7. 



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SHA'-GE — ^Wandering, erring. 

SHA'-HAR— ^^^ Aijeleth Shahar. 

SHA-HA-RA'-IM— ^Double dawn. 

SHA-HA-Zr-MAH— ^Heights. 

SHA'-LEM— *Peace, summit. 

SHA'-LIM— Fox, or fist, or path. ^Jackal. 

SHA-LI'-SHA — Three, or the third; or, prince, or cap- 
tain. '''Third ground. 

SHAL-LE'-CHETH— ^Casting out. 

SHAL'-LUM — Perfect, or peaceable. *Recompenser. 

SHAL'-MAI — *Jah is recompenser. 

SHAL'-MAN — Peaceable, perfect ; or, that rewards. 
Hos., 10-14. 

SHAL-MAN-E'-SER— Peace tied or chained, or per- 
fection and retribution, or peace taken 
away. 

SHA'-MA— '^Hearer. 

SHAMARIAH— *See SHEMARIAH. 

SHA'-MED — '''Destroyer watcher, 

SHA'-MER— '''Preserver. 

.SHAM'-GAR — Named a stranger; or, he is here a 
stranger; or, surprise, astonishment of the 
stranger. *Cup-bearer, fleer. 

SHAM'-HUTH — Desolation, destruction, astonishment ; 
or desolation of iniquity. One of David's 
captains. 1 Chron., 27-8. *Fame, renown. 

SHA'-MIR— Prison, bush, less; thorn. Josh., 15-48. 
'''Thorn hedge, approved. 



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SHAM'-MA— *Fame, renown. 

SHAM'-MAH — Loss, desolation, astonishment. *Fame, 
renown. 

SHAM'-MAI— *Celebrated. 

SHAM'-MOTH— *Fame, renown. 

SHAM-MU'-A, or SHAM-MU'-AH— He that is heard, 

or obeyed. *Famous. 
SHA^I-SHE'-RAI— *Heroic. 
SHA'-PHAM— *Youthful, vigorous. 

SHA'-PHAN— A rabbit, or wild rat; or their brink, 

their Hp, their breaking. *Prudent, sly. 
SHA'-PHAT — A judge, or judging. *Judge. 
SHA'-PHER— *Fair. 

SHA'-Rx\I — My Lord, my prince, or my song. A man's 
name. Ezra, 10-40. *Jah is deliverer. 

SHARAIM— *See SHAARAIM. 

SHA'-RAR—* Strong. 

SHAR-E'-ZER — Overseer of the treasury, or of the 
storehouse ; or the treasures of him that 
sings ; or, that sees the ambushes. 

SHA'-RON— His plain field, his song. *A plain. 

SHA.-RU'-HEN— *Dwelling of grace. 

SHA'-SHAI— *Noble, free. 

SHA'-SHAK — A bag of linen; or, the sixth bag. 1 
Chron., 8-14. * Assaulter, runner. 

SHA'-UL— *Asked. 
SHAULITES— 7/!£' family of Shaul. 



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SHA'-VEH — The plain ; or that puts, or makes equality. 

Gen., 14-5. *Level place. 
SHA-VEH KIR-IA-THA'-IM— ^ place in Reuben, 
SHAV'-SHA — ^Nobility, splendour, dominion. 
SHE'-AL— ^Request. 
SHE-AL-TF-EL — I have asked of God. 
SHE-AR'-IAH — Gate of the Lord; or, tempest of the 

Lord. The son of AzeL 1 Chron., 8-38. 

'''Jah is decider. 

SHE-AR JA'-SHUB— The remnant shall return. Marg. 

*A remnant returns. 
SHE'-BA, SHE'-BAH — Captivity, or compassing about, 

repose, old age. *Oath, covenant. 
SHE'-BAM— ^Balsam. 

SHE-BAN'-IAH— The Lord that converts, or that re- 
calls from captivity, or that captivates; or, 
that understands, that builds. Neh., 9-4. 
"^Jah is powerful. 

SHE-BA'-RIM— ^Breaches. 

SHE'-BER— *Breach. 

SHEB'-NA — Who rests himself, or who is now captive. 

'''Youthfulness, vigour. 
SHE-BU'-EL — '''God is renown. 
SHE-CHAN'-IAH— *Jah is a neighbor. 
SHE'-CHEM— Part, portion, the back, shoulders, early 

in the morning. ^Shoulder. 

SHECHEMITES— P^o/)/^ of Shechem. 



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SHE-DE'-UR — Field, pap, al-mighty; or, destroyer of 

fire, or of light. Num., 1-5. *Shedder of 

light. 
SHE-HAR'-IAH— *Jah is the dawn. 
SHE'-LAH — That breaks, that unties, that undresses. 

*Peace. 
SHELANITES — Descendants of Shelah. 
SHE-LEM'-IAH — God is my perfection, my happiness, 

my peace; or, the peace or perfection of the 

Lord. *Jah is recompense. 
SHE'-LEPH — Who draws out. The son of Joktan. 

Gen., 10-26. *Drawn out. 

SHE'-LESH— ^^light. 

SHE-LO'-AII— ^Jah is peace. 

SHE-LO'-]MITH — Aly peace, my happiness, my recom- 
pense. Daughter of ZERRUBBABEL, 1 
Chron., 3-19. "^Peacefulness. 

SHE-LO'-MOTH— *Peacefulness. 

SHE-LU-MI'-EL — Peace of God, or God is my happi- 
ness; or, retribution, or perfection of God. 
The son of Zurishaddai. Num., 1-6. *God 
is peace. . 

SHEM — Name, renown; or, he that put or places, or 
who is put or placed. The son of Noah, 
from whom the Messiah was descended. 
*Name, renown. 

SHE'-MA— *Fame, repute. 



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SHE-MA'-AH— *The fame. 

SHE-MA'-IAH— That hears, or, that obeys the Lord. 
"^Jah is fame. 

SHE-MAR'-IAH — God is my guard, or the guard of 
the Lord; or, diamond, dregs, thorn, or 
bush of the Lord. 1 Chron., 12-5. 

SHEM-E'-BER — Name of force, or fame, of the strong, 
or of the wing. King of Zeboim. Gen., 
14-2. ^Splendour of heroism. 

SHE'-MER— Guardian, thorn. 1 Kings, 16-24. ^Watch. 

SHE-MI'-DA, or SHE-MI'-DAH— Name of knowledge, 
or that puts knowledge; or the knowledge 
of desolation, or of astonishment; or, the 
science of the heavens. Son of Gilead. 
Num., 26-32. *Fame of knowing. 

SHEMIDAITES — Descendants of Shemida. 

SHE-Mr-NITH— The eighth. *The eighth, the octave. 

SHE-MI-RA'-MOTH— The height of the heavens; or, 
the elevation of the name. 1 Chron., 15-18. 
*Fame of the highest. 

SHE-MU'-EL— *Heard of God. 

SHEN — Tooth, ivory, or change; or, he that sleeps. 
The name of a place. 1 Sam., 7-12. *Peak, 
tooth. 

SHEN-A'-ZAR — Son or grandson of Jeconiah, 



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SHE'-NIR, SE'-NIR— Lantern, or light that sleeps; or, 
renewing of the lamp, or he that shews. 
*Peak, snow. 

SHE'-PHAM— ^Fruitful. 

SHE-PHAT'-IAH— The Lord that judges; the judg- 
ment of the Lord; or, God is my judge. 
*Jah is judge. 

SHE'-PHO— ^Unconcern. 

SHE-PHU'-PHAN— ^Serpent. 

SHE'-RAH— *Blood relationship. 

SHE-REB'-IAH— *Jah is originator. 

SHE'-RESH— *Union. 

SHER-E-ZER— 6^am^ as SHAREZER. 

SHE'-SHACH — Bag of flax, or linen ; or, the sixth bag. 

SHE'-SHAI, SHE'-SHAN— ^Free, noble. 

SHESH-BAZ'-ZAR — Joy in tribulation; or, production, 
or defence of joy; or, joy of the vintage. 

SHETH — ^Compensation, sprout. 

SHE'-THAR — '^Star, commander. 

SHE-THAR BOZ'-NAI— That makes to rot and cor- 
rupt ; or, that seeks and examines those who 
despise me. Ezra, 5-3. *Starry splendour. 

SHE'-VA — Vanity, elevation, fame, or tumult. One of 
David's scribes. 2 Sam., 20-25. *Self- 
satisfying. 

SHIB-BO'-LETH— Burden, ear of corn, or current of 
water. ^Stream, ear of corn. 



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SHIB'-MAH— *Balsam. 

SHIC-RON — Drunkenness; or, his gift, or his wages. 

A city. Josh., 15-11. ^Fruitfulness. 
SHIG-GA'-ION— A song of trouble or comfort. Psa., 

7. Title. ^Erring. 
SHIG-IO'-NOTH— ^Erring. 
SHr-HON— *Heaps of ruins. 
SHIHOR— *See SIHOR. 
SHI-HOR LIB'-NATH— *Glass river. 
SHIL'-HI — ^Warrior, one with darts. 
SHIL'-HIM— ^Fountains. 
SHIL'-LEM — ^Recompense. 
SHI-LO'-AH— See SILOAH. ^Sending forth. See 

SILOA. 

SHr-LOH — Sent. See Appellatives. 
SHI'-LOH — Peace, or abundance. A city. 
SHILONITE, or SHI-LO-NI— Of the city cf Shiloh. 
1 Kings, 11-29. 

SHIL'-SHAH— ^Might, heroism. 

SHIM'-EAH — That hears, that obeys. "^Splendour. 
Also fame, rumour. 

SHIM'-EATH— *Fame. 

SHIMEATHITE— ^ family of scribes at Jahcz, of 
Caleb son of Hur. 

SHIM'-EI — That hears or obeys; or, name of the heap; 
or, that destroys the heap; or, my reputa- 
tion, my fame. *Jah is fame. 



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SHIM-E'-ON— *Hearing. 

SHIMHI, SHIMI— *See SHIAIEI. 

SHIM'-MA— *Rumour, fame. 

SHI'-MON— *Trier, valuer. 

SHBI'-RATH— *Watch. 

SHIM'-RI— *Jah is watching. 

SHIM'-RITH— *Watch. 

SHIM'-RON— *Watch. 

SHIMRONITES — Descendants of Shimron. 

SHIM-RON MER'-ON— J city in upper Galilee. 

SHIM'-SHAI— My sun. *Jah is splendour. 

SUV -^ KB— King of Admah. 

SHI'-NAR — The watching of him that sleeps ; or, spoil 

of the tooth ; or, change of the city. 
SHIPH'-I— *Jah is fulness. 
SHIPH-MITE— *See SHEPHAM. 
SHIPH'-RAH — Handsome, or trumpet; or, that does 

good. An Egyptian midwife. Exod., 1-15. 

*Beauty. 

SHIPH'-TAN— *Judge. 
SHI'-SHA— *Distinction, nobility. 

SHI'-SHAK— Present of the bag, of the pot, of the 
thigh. 

SHIT'-RAI— *Jah is deciding. 

SHIT'-TIM — That turn away, or divert; otherwise 

scourge, rods, or thorns. 
SHI'-ZA— ^Splendour. 



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SHO'-A— *Rich. 

SHO'-BAB — Returned, turned back. The son of David. 
2 Sam., 5-14. ^Returning. 

SHO'-BACH — Your bonds, your chains, your nets, your 
gins ; or, his captivity ; or, your conversion, 
your return ; or, a dove house, according to 
the Syriac. General of Hadarezer's army. 
2 Sam., 10-16. ^Expansion. 

SHO'-BAI— *Jah is glorious. 

SHO'-BAL— ^Wandering. 

SHO'-BEK— ^Free. 

SHO'-BI — *Jah is glorious. 

SHO'-CHO, SHO'-CO, SHO'-CHOH— *See SOCHO. 

SHO'-HAM— *Leek-green beryl. 

SHO'-MER— *Watcher. 

SHO'-PHACH— ^Extension. 

SHO'-PHAN— ^Nakedness. 

SHO-SHAN-NIM— £Jm^/^. 

SPIU'-AH, SHU'- A — Pit, or that swims; or, humilia- 
tion, meditation, or, word. ^Depression. 
Also prosperity. 

SHU'-AL — Fox, hand, fist; or, traces, way. *Jackal. 

SHU-BA'-EL — A son or descendant of Amram, grand- 
son of Levi. 

SHU'-HAM— ^'Depression. 

SHU-HITE — A descendant of Shuah son of Keturah. 

SHULAMITE — Peaceable, perfect, that recompenses. 
"^The Shulammith. 



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SHUMATHITES — A family in Kirjath-jearim. 

SHU'-NEM — Their change, their repeating, their sec- 
ond, or their sleep. 1 Sam., 28-4. *Un- 
even. 

SHU'-NI— *Fortunate. 
SHUPH'-ALI— *Serpent. 
SHUP'-PIM— *Serpent. 

SHUR — Wall, ox, or that beholds. A wilderness. Gen., 

16-7. 
SHU'-SHAN— Lily, rose, or joy. *Lily. 
SHU'-SHAN E'-DUTH— *Lily of testimony. 
SHUTHALHITES— *The family of Shuthelah. 
SHU-THE'-LAH — Plant, or verdure; or, moist pot, or 

drinking pot. The son of Ephraim. Num., 

26-35. *Setting of Telah. 
SI'-A, SI-A'-HA— *Congregation. 
SIB-BE'-CAI, SIB-BE'-CHAI— *Jah is intervening. 
SIB-BO'-LETH— 5am^ as SHIBBOLETH. 
SIB'-MAH — Conversion, return, captivity, old age, rest. 

*Balsam. 

SIB-RA'-IM— *Double hill. 
SI'-CHEM— *Ridge, shoulder. 
SID'-DIM— *Extension. 

SI'-DON — Hunting, fishing, venison. *Fortified. 
SIDONIANS— *See ZIDONIANS. 
SIGIONOTH — According to variable songs, or tunes. 
Marg. 



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SI'-HON — Rooting out; or, conclusion. *Great, bold. 
Sr-HOR, SHr-HOR— Black, trouble; or, early in the 

morning. The river Nilus in Egypt. Isa., 

23-3. *Turpid, slimy. 

SI'-LAS — Three, or the third. 
SIL'-LA— ^Highway. 

SI-LO-AH, or SI-LO-AM — Sent, or who sends ; or dart, 
branch, or whatever is sent. ' ^Sending 
forth. 

SILOE — The same as Siloah. 

SIL-VA'-NUS — Who loves the woods, or forests ; from 
the Latin word Silva, a wood. 

SIM-E'-ON — That hears, that obeys, or is heard. '''Hear- 
ing. 

SI'-MON — That hears or obeys. ^Hearing. 
SIMRI— ^5^^^ SHIMRL 
SIN— Bush. ^Cliff, place. 

SI'-NAI, SI'-NA — Bush. According to the Syriac, 
enmity. '''Cliffs. 

SI'-NIM — *A people in the far east; the Chinese? 
SINITES — A tribe of Canaanites in the N. of Lebanon, 
Sr-ON — Noise, tumult. A mountain of the country of 

the Amorites, the same as Hermon. Deut., 

4-48. '''Projecting. 
SIPH'-MOTH— ^Fruitful. 
SIP'-PAI — '''Jah is preserver. 
SI'-RAH — '''Turning aside. 



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SIR'-ION — A breast-plate; or, deliverance, or a song 

of the dove. *Coat of mail. 
SIS-A'-MAI— *Jah is distinguished. 
SI-SE'-RA — That sees a horse, or a swallow. *Medita 

tion, array. 
SIT'-NAH— ^Hatred. 
SI'-VAN — Bush, or thorn. This is the Babylonian name 

of the third month of the Hebrew year, 

which answers in part to our May and June, 

Esth., 8-9. 

SMYR'-NA— Myrrh. *Myrrh. 

SO — A measure for grain, or dry matters. An Egyptian 
word. 

SO'-CHO— *A son of Heber. 

SO'-COH, SOCHOH— Tents or tabernacles. A city. 
Josh., 15-48. 

SO'-DI— My secret. Father of Gaddiel. Num., 13-10. 
"^Jah determines. 

SO'-DOM, SO-DO'-MA— Their secret, their line, their 
cement. "^Place of lime. 

SODOMITES— ^Separate, set apart. 

SOLOMON — Peaceable, perfect, or who recompenses. 
He was the son of David, king of Israel, 
He prayed to God for wisdom, and ob- 
tained wisdom, riches and honour. He 
built the temple at Jerusalem, where the 
sacrifices were to be offered to God. He 



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married Pharaoh's daughter, and built for 
her a house. He loved many strange women, 
who turned away his heart after their gods. 
It is thovight that the three hooks he wrote, 
namely, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and the 
Canticles, are an evidence of his repentance, 
'''Peace. 

SO-PA'-TER— Who defends the father, or the health 
of the father ; from the Greek words mean- 
ing, I save, and father. A disciple of St. 
Paul's. Acts, 20-4. 

SO-PHE'-RETH— ^Learning. 

SO'-REK — Vine, hissing, a colour inclining to yellow. 
^Vineyard. 

SO-SI-PA'-TER— See SOPATER. 

SOS-THE'-NES — Saviour, strong and powerful, from 
the Greek words meaning I save, and 
strength, force. 

SO'-TAI — *Jah is turning aside. 

SPAIN — In Greek, rare, or precious. 

STA'-CHYS — Spike. From Greek. *Ear of corn. 

STEPH-A'-NAS — A crown, or crowned; from the 
Greek word meaning a crown. *Crown. 

STE'-PHEN — The same. *Crown. 

STOICKS — A sect of Greek philosophers who received 
their name from Stoa, a porch at Athens. 

SU'-AH — *Riches, distinction. 



5UC'-C0TH— Tents, tabernacles. ^Booths. 

SUC-COTH BE'-XOTH— The tabernacle of young 
women, or the tents of prostitutes. 2 Kings, 
17-30. "^Booths for the daughter. 

SUCHATHITES— .4 family of Scribes, diceUing at Ja- 
hez, near JiidaJi. 

SUKKiniS — An African or Egyptian tribe, 

SUR — That withdraws, or departs. The name of one 
of the gates of Solomon's temple. 2 
Kings. 11-6. ^Turning aside, entrance. 

SVSA^CUnES— Inhabitants of the city Siisi or Shii- 

shaji, or of the province Susiana. 
SU-5AX'-XA — A Hly, or a rose, or joy. "^Lily. 
SU'-5I — Korse, or swallow, or moth. The father of 

Gaddi. Num., 13-11. "^Jah is swift or 

rejoicing. 
5Y'-CHAR— A cit}\ John, 4-5. 
SY -CHE]\I — A city (or person) in Samaria. 
5Y-E'-X'E — Bush; or. enmit}', according to the Syriac. 

Ezek., 29-10. 
SYX'-TY'-CHE — That speaks, or discourses, from the 

Greek word meaning, to converse. Phil, 

4-2. 
SY-RA'-CE'SE — That draws violently. 
SYRE\ — In Hebrew, Aram, sublime, or that deceives. 

"^The high land. 
SYRL\X. SYRL\C— AVho is of Syria, or Aram. 



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SY-RO-PHE-NI-CI-AN— Red, or purple, drawn to; 
from the Greek words meaning I draw, and 
red, palm-tree, or of purple. 



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TA-A'-NACH — Who humbles thee, or answers thee, or 
afflicts thee. A city. 1 Kings, 4-12. *Bat- 
tlement. 

TA-A-NATH SHI'-LOH— ^Circle of Shiloh. 

TAB-BA'-OTH— *Spots. 

TAB'-BATH — Good, or goodness. A place. Judg., 7- 
22. ^Extension. 

TA-BE'-AL— Good God. *God is good. 
TA-BE'-EL — The same. Ezra, 4-7. "^God is good. 
TAB-ER'-AH— Burning. *Place of feeding. 
TA-BI'-THA — Is a Syriac word, signifying clearsighted. 

She is also called, Dorcas, that is, wild goat, 

or kid. "^Gazelle. 
TA'-BOR — Choice, or purity. Syr. bruising, contrition. 

"•"Mountain height. 
TAB-RIM'-ON — Good pomegranate ; or, goodness 

raised; or, the navel, or middle, prepared, 

reckoned, given. The father of Ben-hadad. 

1 Kings, 15-18. *Rimmon is good. 

TACHMONITE— *See Adino. 



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TAD'-MOR — The palm, or palm-tree ; or, bitterness, or 
change. '''A palm tree. 

TA'-HAN — *Graciousness. 
TAI1A1<11TES— Descendants of Tahan. 

TA-HA-PA'-NES, TAH-PAN'-HES— Secret, tempta- 
tion, hidden, flight, covered, standard. 

TAH-PE'-NES — Standard, flight, temptation, secret. 
TA'-HATH — ^Depression, humility. 
TAH-RE'-A— ^Flight. 

TAH'-TIM HOD'-SHI— ^ district N, of Gilead in 
Bashan, 

TA-Lr-THA CU'-MI— Young woman, arise. A Syriac 
and Hebrew expression. Mark, 5-41. 
^From Syriac. 

TAL'-MAI — My furrow; or, that suspends the waters; 
or, heap of waters. The son of Anak. Josh., 
15-14. *Bold, spirited. 

TAL'-MON— ^Oppressor, violent. 
TAMAH— *See THAMAH. 
TA'-MAR— A palm, or palm tree. *Palm. 
TAM'-MUZ— Abstruse, concealed. 
TANACH— *See TAANACH. 

TAN-HU'-METH — Consolation, or repentance ; or, bot- 
tle, or wall that is given, or of a gift. The 
father of Seraiah. 2 Kings, 25-23. *Com- 
fort. 



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TA'-PHATH— Little girl ; from the Hebrew, Taphah, or 
Taph, to take short steps, like children; 
otherwise, distillation, drop. The daughter 
of Solomon. 1 Kings, 4-11. ^Ornament. 

TAPHENES — Same as Tahpenes. 

TAP-PU'-AH—* Apple, hill place. 

TA'-RAH — '''Turning, duration, wandering. 

TAR-A'-LAH—* Power of God. 

TA-RE'-A— ^Flight. See TAHREA. 

TARPELITES — Ravishers, or wearied; or, succession 
or order of miracles or ruinous order, or 
rank. The name of a people. Ezra, 4-9. 
An Assyrian tribe. 

TAR'-SHISH — Contemplation, or examination, of the 
marble, or of the joy; or, precious stone, 
the colour of marble. *Hard. 

TARSUS— Winged, feathered. 

TAR'-TAK — Chained, bound, shut up. '''Hero of dark- 
ness. 

TAR'-TAN — That searches and examines the gift of 
the turtle; or, their law. 2 Kings, 18-17. 

TAT'-NAI — That gives, or the overseer of the gifts, of 
the presents, of the tributes. Ezra, 5-3. 

TE'-BAH — Murder, butchery, or guarding of the body, 
a cook. Son of Nahor, and Reumah. Gen. 
22-24. *Thick, strong. 

TE-BAL'-IAH— *Jah is protector. 



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TE'-BETH — The Babylonish name of the tenth month 
of the Hebrews, that answers partly to De- 
cember, and partly to January. *Winter. 

TE-HAPH-NE'-HES—* Another form of TAHPAN- 
HES. 

TE-H IN'-N AH— *Entreaty . 

TE'-KEL— Weight. *Weighed. 

TE-KO'-A, TE-KO'-AH— Trumpet, or sound of the 
trumpet ; or, that is confirmed. *Firm, set- 
tlement. 

TEKOITE — Inhabitant of Tekoah. 
TEL A'-BIB— *Hill of grass. 
TE'-LAH— *Vigour. 
TE-LA'-BI— *Lambs. See TELEM. 
TELASSAR— *See THELASSAR. 
TE'-LEM— *A lamb. See TELAIM. 
TEL HA-RE'-SHA— *Hill of the magus. 

TEL-HAR'-SA — A heap, or suspension of the plough, 
or of deafness, of silence, or, suspension of 
the head. A place. Ezra, 2-59. 

TEL ME'-LAH — Heap of salt, or of mariners; or, sus- 
pension of the salt, or of the mariner. 
Ezra, 2-59. *Hill of salt. 

TE'-MA — Admiration, or perfection, consummation; or, 
the south. *Sunburnt. 

TE'-MAN, TE-MA'-NI— The south, or Africa; or, per- 
fect. 

TEMANITE— An inhabitant of Teman. 



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TE-ME'-NI— ^Fortunate. 

TE'-RAH — To breathe, to scent, to blow. '''Turning, 
duration, wandering. 

TE-RA'-PHIM— An image, an idol. ^'Nourishers. 

TE'-RESH — *Strictness, reverence. 

TER-TI'-US— The third. Latin. "^Latin, third. 

TER-TUL'-LUS — A Har, an imposter; from the Greek 
word meaning a teller of stories, or mon- 
strous things. 

TETRARCH — ^Governor of a fourth part of a kingdom. 

THAD-DAE'-US — That praises and confesses. Mark, 
3-18. *Breast. 

THA'-HASH — That makes haste, or that keeps silence; 
or, of the colour of hyacinth. The son of 
Nahor. Gen., 22-24. ^Reddish. 

THA'-MAH — That blots out, or suppresses. Ezra., 2-53. 
^Combat. 

THA'-MAR— ^From Heb. a palm tree. 

THA'-RA — '''See Terah, father of Abraham, 

THE'-BEZ — Muddy; or, eggs; or, fine linen or silk 
*Seen afar. 

THE-LAS'-AR — That unbinds and grants the suspen- 
sion, or the heap. A part of Syria. 2 
Kings, 19-12. 

THE-O-PHIL'-US— A friend, or a lover of God; from 
Greek words meaning God and a friend. 
*Loved by God. 



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THES-SA-LO-NI-CA— Victory against the Thessalians. 

THEU'-DAS— A false teacher. 

THIM-NA'-THAH — A city in Dan, near Elon or Ekron. 

THO'-MAS— A twin. *Twin. 

THUM'-AIIM— ^Perfection. 

THY-A-TI'-RA — A sweet saviour of labour, or sacri- 
fice of contrition; from the Greek words 
meaning scent, perfume, and I bruise, I 
disturb. 

TIBERL\S — Good vision, or the nave, or a breaking 
asunder. 

TI-BE-Rr-US— Son of Tiber. Luke, 3-1. 
TIB'-HATH— ^Extension. 

TIB'-NI — Straw, or hay; otherwise understanding. *In- 
telligent. 

TID'-AL — That breaks the yoke; or, the knowledge of 
elevation. King of nations. Gen., 14-1. 
^Splendour, renown. 

TIG-LATH PIL-E'-SER— That binds or takes away 
captivity, miraculous, or ruinous; or, that 
hinders or binds, and withholds the sno\^ 
that falls. 

TIK'-VAH, TIK'-VATH— ^Strength. 

TIL-GATH PIL-NE'-SER— ^'am^ as TIGLATH-PIL^ 
ESER. 

TI'-LON — ^Mockery, scorn. 

TI-ME'-US — In Greek may signify, perfect, honour- 
able; in Hebrew, admirable. 



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TIM'-NA— ^Restraining. 

TIM'-NAH—* Allotment. 

TIM'-NATH — Image, or figure, or enumeration. 

TIM-NATH HE'-RES, TIM'-NATH SE'-RAH— TA^ 

portion alloted to Joshua in Mount 

Epharim. 

TIM'-NITE — An inhabitant of Timnath. 
TI'-MON— Honourable. Acts, 6-5. ^Honourable. 
TI-MO-THE'-US— Honour of God, or valued of God ; 

from Greek words meaning honour and 

God. ^Honoured of God. 

TIM-O-THY— ^Honoured of God. 

TIPH'-SAH — Passage, leap, or step; or, the passover. 

1 Kings, 4-24. ^Passage, ford. 
TI'-RAS— .4 son of Japheih. 
TIRATHITES — A family or race of scribes, 
TIR-HA'-KAH — Inquirer, examiner or dull observer; 

or, law made dull. King of Ethiopia. 2 

Kings, 19-9. 
TIR-HA'-NAH— ^Kindness. 
TIR'-IA— ^Foundation. 
TIR-SHA'-THA — That overturns the foundation; or 

that beholds the time, or, the year according 

to the Syriac. *The fear, the reverence. 
TIR'-ZAH — Benevolent, pleasant, well-pleasing, or that 

runs. '''Delight. 
TISHBITE — That makes captives; or, that turns back 

or recalls, that dwells. 1 Kings, 17-1. 



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TI'-TUS — Honourable, from the Greek word meaning 
I honour. 

TIZITE — Patronymic of Joha. 
TO'-AH — *Depression, humihty. 

TOB — Good, or goodness. The name of a country. 
Judges, 11-5. "^Fruitful, good. 

TOB ADO-XI'-JAH— My good God; or, the goodness 
of the foundation of the Lord. 2 Chron., 
17-8. "^The Lord Jah is good. 

TO-BI'-AH, TOB-r-JAH— The Lord is good, or the 
goodness of the Lord. "^Jah is good. 

TO'-CHEN— ^Estabhshment. 

TO-GAR'-MAH— Which is all bone, or strong; or, 
breaking or gnawing of the bones. 

TO'-HU — That lives, or that declares. 1 Sam., 1-1. 

*Humility, depression. 
TO'-I— Who wanders. King of Hamath. 2 Sam., 8-9. 

*Error, wandering. 
TO'-LA — Worm, or grub, or scarlet. ^Warrn, crimson. 
TO'-LAD— ^Begetter. 
i:0\^XiTY.?>— Descendants of Tola. 
TO'-PHEL — Ruin, folly, without understanding, insipid. 

A desert place. Deut., 1-1. "^Mortar. 
TOPH'-ET, TO'-PHETH— A drum, or betraying. See 

Appellatives. "^Altar. 
TO'-U — *Error, wandering. 



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TRA-CHO-NI'-TIS— ^ small rocky part of the tet- 

rarachy of Phillip. 
TRO'-AS — Penetrated; from Greek word meaning I 

penetrate. 
TRO-GYL-LI'-UM— ^ city in the isle of Samos. 
TRO-PHr-MUS— Well educated, or brought up; from 

the Greek word meaning to bring up, or 

educate. Acts, 20-4. 
TRY-PHE'-NA— Delicious, delicate. ' 
TRY-PHO'-SA— Thrice shining. 
TU'-BAL — The earth, the world; or, that is carried, or 

led; or, confusion. 

TU-BAL CA'-IN — Worldly possession, or possessor of 

the world; or, who is jealous of confusion. 

The son of Lantech. Gen., 4-22. 
TY-CHI'-CUS — Casual, happening; from the Greek 

word meaning fortunate. '''Fortunate. 
TY-RAN'-NUS— A prince, or that reigns. 
TYRE, TYRUS — In Hebrew, Sor, or Tzur; strength, 

rock, sharp. *Rock. 



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UC'-AL — Power, or prevalency. 
U'-EL — A son of Bani. 

UL'-AI — Strength; or fool, senseless. The name of a 
river. Dan., 8-2. 



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U'-LAM — The porch, the court; or, their strength, or 
their folly. 1 Chron., 7-16. ^Solitary. 

UL'-LA — Elevation, or holocaust, or leaf or young child. 

1 Chron., 7-39. *Burden. 
UM'-MAH— *Union, kindred. 

UN'-NI — Poor, or afflicted, or that answers. The name 
of a porter or singer. 1 Chron., 15-18. 
^Answering is with Jah. 

U-PHAR'-SIN— ^And divided. 

U'-PHAZ — Gold of Phasis, or Pison, the finest gold. 

UR — Fire, or light. '''Light, brightness. 

UR'-BANE— *Lah'n Urbanus. 

UR'-I— My light, or fire. ^Enlightened. 

U-Rf-AH, U-RI'-AS, U-RI'-JAH— The Lord is my 
light, or fire ; the light of the Lord. *Jah 
is light. 

U-RI'-EL — God is my light, or fire ; or the light of God. 
1 Chron., 15-5. *God is light. 

U'-RIM, and THUMMIN— Lights and perfection. 
^Lights. 

U'-THAI— *Jah is help. 

UZ — Counsel, or wood; or, according to the Syriac, to 
fix, to fasten to. "^Firmness. 

U'-ZAI— *Hoped for. 

U'-ZAL — The sixth son of Joktan, 

UZ'-ZAH, UZ'-ZA— Strength, or a goat. ^Strength. 



V-Z 189 

UZ-ZEN-SHE'-RAH— Ear of the flesh, or of the parent; 
or the ear of him that remains. A city. 1 
Chron., 7-24. '''Point, top of Sherah. 

UZ'-ZI — My strength or my kid. Son of Bukki. 1 
Chron., 6-5. *Jah is strong. 

UZ-Zr-AH, UZ-ZI'-A— The strength of the Lord; or, 
the kid of the Lord. *Jah is strong. 

UZ-ZI'-EL — The strength of God; or, kid of God. 1 
Chron., 7-7. *God is strong. 

UZZIELITES— The posterity of Uzziel. Num., 3-27. 



VA-JE-ZA'-THA— *Born of Ized. 

VAN'-IAH— *Jah is praise. 

VASH'-NI — The second. The son of Samuel. 1 Chron., 

6-28. "^Jah is strong. 
VASH'-TI — That drinks ; or, thread, or woof. 
VOPH'-SI — Fragment, or diminution. Father of Nahbi. 

Num., 13-14. *Rich. 



ZA-A-NA'-IM— ^Double, migratory tent. 
ZA-A'-NAN— ^Rich in flocks. See ZENAN. 
ZA-A-NAN'-NIM— *Same as ZAANAIM. 



190 



ZA-A'-VAX — ^Causing fear. 
ZA'-BAD— ^Endower. 
ZAB'-BAI — ^Roving about, pure. 
ZAB'-BUD — "^Well remembered, endowed. 

ZAB'-DI — Portion, dowry. The father of Carni. Josh„, 
7-1. *Jah is endow^er. 

ZAB-DI'-EL — '''God is endower. 
ZA'-BUD— ^Endowed. 
ZA-BU'-LON— *See ZEBULUN. 
ZAC'-CAI— ^Pure. 

ZAC'-CHAEUS — Pure, clean; just, or justified. *From 
Heb. pure. 

ZAC'-CHUR, ZAC'-CUR— *Well remembered. 

ZA-CHAR'-IAH— Memory of the Lord, or man of the 
Lord. "^Jah is renowned. 

ZA-CHA-RL-AS— *See ZECHARIAH. 

ZA'-CHER— ^Fame. 

ZA'-DOK — Just, or justified. "^Righteous. 

ZA'-HAM — Crime, fihhiness, impurity. The son of Re- 
hohoam. 2 Chron., 11-19. ^Fatness. 

ZA'-IR — Little; or afflicted, in tribulation. A city. 2 
Kings, 8-21. ^Little. 

ZA'-LAPH— ^Purification. 

ZAL'-MON — His shade, his obscurity, his image. A 
mountain. Judg., 9-48. ^Terrace, ascent. 



Z 191 

ZAL-MO'-NAH— The shades, or sound of the number; 
or, your image, or picture. One of the sta- 
tions of the Israelites in the wilderness. 
Num., 33-41. ^Terrace, ascent. 

ZAL-MUN'-NA — Shadow, image, or idol forbidden; or 
noise of trouble. ^Withdrawn from pro- 
tection. 

ZAM-ZUM'-MIM — Thinking wickedness, or wickedness 
of wicked men. Giants. Deut., 2-20. 
^Powerful, vigorous. 

ZA-NO'-AH — Forgetfulness or desertion; or, this rest; 
this consolation. A city. Josh., 15-34. 
^Broken district. 

ZAPH-NATH PAA'-NEAH— One that discovers hid- 
den things; in the Egyptian tongue, a 
Saviour of the world. The name that Pha- 
raoh gave to Joseph, Gen., 41-45. '''Saviour 
of world. 

ZA'-PHON— ^Concealed. 

ZA'-RAH, ZA'-RA— East, brightness. *Sprout. 
ZA-RE'-AH— ^Stinging, wasp. See ZORAH. 
ZAREATHITES- — Inhabitants of Zareah, 
ZA'-RED— *WiIlow bush. 

ZA-RE'-PHATH — Ambush of the mouth; or, crucible, 
in which metals are melted. *Place of re- 
fining. 

ZA-RE'-TAN— ^Cooling. 



192 



ZA-RETH SHA'-HAR— *Light of the dawn. 
ZARHITES — The family of Zerah a Simeonite, 
ZARTANAH, ZARTHAN— ^Cooling. 
ZAT'-TU, ZAT'-THU— *Lovely, pleasant. 
ZAVAN— ^Causing fear. 
ZA'-ZA— ^Projection. 

ZE-BAD'-IAH— Portion of the Lord, or the Lord is 
my portion. 1 Chron., 8-15. *Jah is en- 
dower. 

ZE'-BAH — Victim, sacrifice, immolation. ^Slaughter, 

sacrifice. 
ZE-BA'-IM— ^Gazelles. 

ZE-BE'-DEE — Abundant portion. ^Froni Heb, Jah is 
gift. 

ZE-BI'-NA— ^Purchase. . 

ZE-BO'-IM— Deer, goats. ^'AVild place. 

ZE-BU'-DAH— *Endowed. 

ZE'-BUL— A habitation. ^Gift, dwelling. 

ZEBULONITE — The descendants of Zebulun. 

ZE-BU'-LUN— Dwelling, habitation. ^Dwelling. 

ZEBULUNITES — A less correct way of spelling Zehii- 
lonites. 

ZE-CHAR'-IAH— See ZACHARIAH. *Jah is re- 
nowned. 

ZE'-DAD — ^Sloping place. 

ZE-DE-KI'-AH— The Lord is my justice, or the justice 
of the Lord. *Jah is might. 



193 



ZE'-EB— Wolf. Judg, 7-25. *Wolf. 

ZE'-LAH— *Slope. 

ZE'-LEK — The shadow, or noise of him that licks, that 

laps, or strikes. One of David's thirty 

valiant captains, 2 Sam., 23-37. *Split, 

rent. 
ZE-LOPH-E'-HAD — The shade, or tingling of fear; or, 

the fear of submersion, or being burnt. 
ZE-LO'-TES — Jealous, or full of zeal; from the Greek 

word meaning zeal, jealousy. The surname 

of Simon. Luke, 6-15. ^Zealous. See 

Simon. 

ZEL'-ZAH — Noontide. *Sun protection. 

ZE-MA-RA'-IM— *Double mount forest. 

ZE-MA-RITE— ^ tribe at the W. foot of Lebanon, 

ZE-Mr-RA— *Song. 

ZE'-NAN— *Rich in flocks. 

ZE'-NAS — Living; from Greek word meaning I live. 

ZE-PHAN'-IAH — The Lord is my secret; or, the secret 

of the Lord; or, the mouth of the Lord. 

*Jah is darkness. 
ZE'-PHATH— Which beholds, that attends, that covers. 

A city. Judg., 1-17. ^Mountain watch. 
ZE-PHA'-THAH— ^ valley in the W. of Judah. 
ZE'-PHI— *Watch. 
ZE'-PHO — That sees and observes; or, that expects, or 

covers. Son of Eliphaz, Gen., 36-11. 

*Watch. 



194 Z 

ZE'-PHON— *Dark, wintry. 

ZER— *Rock. 

ZE'-RAH— See ZARAH. *Sprout. 

ZE-RAH'-IAH — "^Jah is appearing. 

ZERED— *See ZARED. 

ZE-RE'-DA — Ambush, change of dominion, or descent; 
or, plan of power. The country of Jero- 
boam. 1 Kings, 11-26. *The fortress, 
town. 

ZE-RE-DA'-THAH— 7n Manasseh, near Succoth. 

ZE-RE'-RATH— ^ district in Manasseh, 

ZE'-RESH — ]\Iisery, stranger, strange or dispersed, in- 
heritance; otherwise, crown of inheritance, 
or of misery. 

ZE'-RETH—* Splendour, brightness. 

ZE'-RI— *Balm. 

ZE'-ROR — Root, or that straitens. That binds, that is 
tight; or, a stone. 1 Sam., 9-1. ^Bundle. 

ZE-RU'-AH — Leprous, or wasp, or hornet. The mother 

of Jeroboam. 1 Kings, 11-26. Full 

breasted. 
ZE-RUB-BA'-BEL— Banished, or a stranger at Babylon ; 

or dispersion of confusion. *Shoot of 

Babylon. 
ZE-RU'-IAH— Pain, or tribulation, chains of the Lord. 

*Balm. 



195 



ZE'-THAM, or ZE'-THAN— *Shining. 

ZE'-THAR — He that examines, or beholds ; or, olive of 
vision, or olive of the turtle. Esth., 1-10. 
^Sacrifice. 

ZI'-A— ^Terrified. 

ZT-BA — Army, fight, strength, stag. ^Plantation. 

ZI-BE'-ON — Iniquity that dwells ; or, elevation, or swell- 
ing; or oath or fulness, or the seventh. 
*Wild robber. 

ZIB'-IA— *Gazelle. 

ZIB'-IAH — Deer, or goat, or honourable and fine ; or, the 
Lord dwells ; or voluntary, according to the 
Syriac. The mother of Joash, 2 Kings, 
12-1. 

ZICH'-RI — That remembers, or that is a male. Exod., 

6-21. ^Renowned. 
ZID'-DIM — *The mountain sides. 
ZID-Kr-JAH— *Jah is might. 
ZI'-DON — Hunting, fishing, venison. *Fortress. 

ZIP — This, or that; or, according to the Syriac, bright- 
ness. The second Hebrew month, which 
answers partly to April and May, "^Blos- 
som or flower month. 

ZI'-HA — One of the Nethinim, whose descendants re- 
turned with ZeruhhaheL 
ZIK'-LAG — Measure pressed down. ^Winding, bending. 



196 



ZIL'-LAH — Shadow; which is roasted; the tinghng of 
the ear. The zcife of Lantech, Gen., 4-19. 
"^Protection, screen. 

ZIL'-PAH — Distillation; or, contempt of the mouth. 
*Myrrh dropping. 

ZIL'-THAI — A Benjamite, son of Shimhi. 
ZIM'-MAH — "^Counsel, consideration. 

ZI^M'-RAX — Song, singer, or vine. The son of Abra- 
ham. Gen., 25-2. ^Celebrated. 
ZIM'-RI — My field, or my vine, my branch. "^Celebrated. 
ZIN — Buckler, coldness. *Low land. 
ZI'-NA — A son of Shimei. 

ZI'-ON — A monument raised up, heap of stones set up, 
sepulchre, turret, dryness. "^Fortress. 

ZI'-OR — Ship of him that watches, or is awake, or of 
him that is robbed, or of the enemy. A 
city. Josh., 15-54. *Smallness. 

ZIPH — This mouth, or mouthful. A city. Josh., 15-24. 
*Refining place. 

Zr-PHAH— "^Lent. 

ZIPHIMS, ZIVYLIT'ES—Inhahitants of Ziph, 

ZIPH'-IOX — "''Looking out, serpent, dark. 

ZIPH'-ROX— "^Beautiful top. 

ZIP'-POR — Bird, or sparrow; or crown, or dessert; or, 
according to the Syriac, early in the morn- 
ing, or goat. The father of Balak, Xum., 
22-2. * Sparrow, bird. 



197 



ZIP-PO'-RAH— Beauty, trumpet. ^Little bird. 

ZITH'-RI — To hide; or, demolished, or overturned; or, 
my refuge. Son of Uzziel. Exod., 6-22. 
*Jah is protection. 

ZIZ — Flower, branch, a lock of hair ; or according to the 
Syriac, wing, feather. The side of a moun- 
tain or hill, 2 Chron., 20-16. ^Protection. 

ZI'-ZA, Zr-ZAH — ^Shining, brightness. 
ZO'-AN— Motion. 
ZO'-AR— Little, small. ^Little. 

ZO'-BAH, ZO'-BA — An army, or warring, or a com- 
mandment in that; or a swelling. 

ZO-BE'-BAH— *The affable. 

ZO'-HAR — White, shining, or dryness. The father of 

Ephron. Gen., 23-8. ^Nobility, distinction. 
ZO-HE'-LETH — That creeps, slides, or draws. A rock' 

1 Kings, 1-9. "^Serpent. 
ZO-HETH — '''Corpulent, strong. 
ZO'-PHAH— ^Watch. 
ZO'-PHAI— ^Watcher. 
ZO'-PHAR — Rising early, or crown; or, sparrow, or 

little bird, or goat. Syr. *Hairy, rough. 
ZO'-PHIM— ^Watchers. 
ZO'-RAH, ZOREAH — Leprosy, or scab. '''Prominent, 

wasp. 
ZORATHITES, ZORITES— P^o/>/^ of Zorah, 
ZO-RO-BA'-BEL— See ZERUBBABEL. 



198 



ZU'-AR— Small. *Little. 

ZUPH — That beholds, or observes, or watches, or roof ; 
covering; or, honey-comb, or that floats. 
The father of Tohit. 1 Sam., 1-1. *Honey- 
comb. 

ZUR — Stone, rock, that besieges, or preaches ; or plan, 
form. *Rock. 

ZUR-I'-EL — '^God is a rock. 

ZU-RI-SHAD'-DAI— The Almighty is my rock, my 
strength; otherwise splendour, beauty, or, 
according to the Syriac, revolters. The 
father of Shehimiel. Num., 1-6. *The 
Almighty is a rock. 

ZU'-ZIMS — The posts of the door; or, splendour, beauty. 
These were giants who dwelt beyond Jor- 
dan, and who were conquered by Chodor- 
laomer and his allies. Gen., 14-15. *Promi- 
nent, strong, giant. 



The Symbolical Language of the 

Scriptures 

With References 



201 



ABOMINATION— Idols, idolatry. Isa., 44-19. Rev., 
17-4. 

ADAMANT— Obstinate hardness of heart. Ezek., 3-9. 
Zech., 7-12. 

ADDER— Hidden, deadly malice. or evil. Ps., 140-3. 
Prov., 22-32. 

ADULTERY— Faithlessness to Jehovah. Jer., 3-8-9. 
Ezek., 16-32; 23-36-37. 

AIR — Invisible influence for evil. Eph., 2-2. Rev., 16- 

17. 
ALTAR — A sanctuary of refuge. Exod., 21-14. 1 

Kings, 1-50. 

ANCHOR— A sure holdfast. Heb., 6-19. 

ANOINT — To divinely appoint and empower. Exod., 
29-7. 2 Cor., 1-21. 

ANT — Industry and providence. Prov., 6-6-8 ; 30-24-25. 
ARM— Strength of power. Ps., 10-15; 89-13. Ezek., 
30-21. 

ARROW— A judgment or scourge. Job, 6-4. Ps., 7-13. 
Prov., 25-18. 

ASHES— Frailty or humiliation. Gen., 18-27. Esther, 
4-1. 



202 B 



B 



BABYLON — Spiritually tyrannical, or anti-Christian 

civil power. Rev., 16-19; 17-5. 
BALANCE — Just standard or measure. Job, 31-6. 

Dan., 5-27. 
BAPTISM— Divine initiation. Matt., 20-22. Rom., 6-3-4. 
BEAR — A fierce, destructive, powerful enemy. Prov., 

17-12. Dan., 7-5. 
BEARD— Manly vigour. Jer., 48-37. 
BEASTS — Living creatures ; merely animal natures ; 

tyrannical powers. 2 Pet., 2-12. Rev., 

4-6; 13-2. 
BELLY — Inner man. John, 7-38. 

BILLOWS— Overwhelming trials. Ps., 42-7. Jonah, 2-3. 
BIND and LOOSE — To ordain or restrain and permit. 

Job, 28-11. Matt., 16-19. Rev., 20-2. 
BIRDS — (Of prey) armies as a devastating scourge. 

Isa., 18-6. Rev., 19-17. 
BITTERNESS— Misery. Exod., 1-14. Ezek., 27-31. 
BLACKNESS — Sore distress and anguish. Jer., 14-2. 

Joel, 2-6. 
BLOOD — Slaughter, death, atonement, essential life. 

Deut., 12-23. Isa., 34-3. Matt., 26-28. 

John, 6-53-55. 



C 203 

BODY — An organism with members, each of which has 

a function subservient to the whole. 1 Cor., 

12-12-27. 
BOOK— A register of record. Rev., 3-5; 10-2; 13-8. 
BOW — Strong weapon; weapon of victory. Job, 29-20. 

Rev., 6-2. 
BRANCH— Offspring. Isa., 11-1. Jer., 23-5. 
BRASS — Strength; obstinate resistance. Ps., 107-16. 

Isa., 47-4. 
BREASTS — Sources of strength and comfort. Isa., 

66-11. 
BREASTPLATE — Righteousness as a defence. Eph., 

6-14. 1 Thess., 5-8. 

BRIDE and BRIDE-GROOM— Christ and the Church. 
Eph., 5-32. 

BRIDLE— Moral restraint. Ps., 32-9. Jas., 3-2. 
BRIMSTONE — Torment and utter destruction. Job, 

18-15. Rev., 14-10. 
BUCKER— Divine defence. Ps., 18-2-30. 
BULLS — Fierce and powerful enemies. Ps., 22-12. Jer., 

50-11. 

c 

CANDLE — Divine favour ; spiritual brightness. Job, 

29-3. Matt., 5-14-17. 
CANDLESTICK— 5^^ LAMP. 



204 C 

CARCASS — That which is doomed to be preyed upon. 

Matt., 24-28. 
CATERPILLARS— Devastating enemies. Jer., 51-14. 
CEDAR — A prince or noble; vigorous life. Ps., 92-12. 

Zech., 11-2. 
CHAFF— A worthless person. Job, 21-18. Matt., 3-12. 

CHARIOTS — Armies or military powers. Ps., 20-7. 
Zech., 6-1. 

CHERUBIM— Divine attendants. Ps., 18-10. Ezek., 

1-5-25. 
CISTERN— Resources. Jer., 2-13. 

CITY — Place of defence, seat of power. Prov., 18-11. 

Rev., 16-19. 
CLAY — Clinging trouble ; plastic nature. Ps., 40-2. 

Rom., 9-21. 

CLOUDS — Number, majesty, veiled glory. Ps., 104-3. 

Isa., 60-8. Rev., 1-7. 
CORDS — Restraining or compelling forces. Ps., 2-3. 

Hos., 11-4. 

CORNER-STONE— Chief element. Eph., 2-20. 1 Pet., 
2-6. 

CROSS — What is called to bear with self-sacrifice. Matt., 
16-24. 1 Cor., 17. 

CROWN — Power, victory, dignity. Ezek., 16-12. Rev., 

4-10; 9-7. 
CUP — Full measure. Isa., 51-17. 



D 205 



D 

DARKNESS — Perplexity, distress, ignorance, unbelief, 
failure, sin. Jer., 13-16. Rom., 13-12. Isa., 
13-10. 

DARTS — Sharp and sudden temptations. Eph., 6-16. 

DAUGHTERS — (Of a city) citizens who have imbibed 
its spirit. Ps., 14-12. Isa., 37-22. 

DAY — Appointed time; terms of blessing or judgment. 
Isa., 63-4. Job, 14-6. Rom., 13-12. 

DEATH — Insensibility, impotency, alienation from God ; 
destruction. Rev., 3-1. Rom., 7-8-9; 8-6. 

DEW — Divine blessing, bringing revival and refresh- 
ment. Hos., 14-5. 

DOG — Contempt, impurity, an ungodly person. Matt.,. 
15-27. Prov., 26-11. Phil., 3-2. 

DOOR — Opportunity of service or communion. 1 Cor., 
16-9. Rev., 3-20. 

DOVE— Purity, harmlessness. Ps., 68-13. Matt., 10-16. 
DRAGON — Cruel, persecuting power. Ezek., 29-3. Rev., 
12-13. 

DRUNKENNESS— Infatuation ; Insensibility ; under 
judgment. Isa., 28-3 ; 29-9. 

DUNG — Utter contempt and abhorrence. Phil., 3-8. 
DUST — Utmost humiliation; dissolution. Ps., 22-15. 
Dan., 12-2. 



206 



E-F 



E 



EAGLE — Strength and security; parental care; cap- 
taincy. Exod., 19-4. Ezek., 17-3-7. 
EARTHQUAJCE— Revolution in a State. Isa., 29-6. 
EATING— SjHritual feeding. John, 6-51-57. 
EGYPT — Supreme tyrannical power. Rev., 11-8. 

EYES — -Intelligence, guidance, watchfulness. Matt., 
6-22. Num., 10-31. Dent, 11-12. 



FACE — Intelligence ; manifested presence. Rev., 4-7. 
Exod., 33-13-23. 

FAT — Abundance; insensibility. Ps., 63-5. Isa., 6-10. 

FEET— Ministry. Eph., 6-15. 

FIRE— Judgment, purification. Matt., 25-41. Mai., 3-2. 
Jer., 23-29. 

FLA]\IE— Intensity of torture. Luke, 16-24. 

FLESH — -Alankind; animal nature; man in alienation 
from God. Luke, 3-6, Gen., 6-3. Rom., 

7-5. 

FLOOD — Desolating agency or element. Ps., 69-15. 
FOREST— A kingdom or its polity. Ezek., 20-46. 



G-H 207 

FOX — Cunning; a crafty enemy. Ezek., 13-4. Luke, 32. 
FURNACE — Deep trial; place of severe suffering. Isa., 
48-10. Matt., 13-42-50. 



G 

GARMENTS— Character for holiness. Rev., 3-4; 16-15. 

GATES — Power, security, imminency. Ps., 147-13; 9-13. 

GIRDLE — Strength, activity, and power. Job, 12-18. 

GLASS — Purity and peace. Rev., 4-6. 

GOATS— The worthless. Matt., 25-33, 

GOLD — Intrinsic worth or wealth; power. 2 Tim., 2-20. 

Prov., 18-11. 
GRASS — Temporary prosperity; frail beings. Jas., 1-10. 

Isa., 40-6-7. 



H 

HAIL — Devastation in war. Ezek., 13-11. 
HAND— Power and strength. Gen., 9-2. Ps., 89-13. 
HAND, RIGHT— Place of power and honour. Mark, 

16-19. 
HARVEST — Promise of a crop; ingathering; separation 

in judgment. Matt., 9-37; 13-30. 



208 



HEAD — Chief governing person or place. Isa., 7-8-9. 

HEART — Seat of affection and spiritual perception, and 
of the interior life generally. Luke, 6-45. 

HEAA^EN — Ruling power; seat of power; God. Isa., 
14-12. Rev., 6-13. Luke, 15-21. 

HEL^^vIET — Assurance of salvation. Eph., 6-17. 1 
Thess., 5-8. 

HILL — Seat of divine power and safety. Ps., 15-1 ; 24-3. 

HIND— Agility, affection. Ps., 18-33. Prov., 5-19. 

HORN — Power; glory; royal powers. Ps., 75-10. Dan., 
7-8. 

HORSE — Success in war or conquest. Zech., 6-43. Rev., 
6-2. 

HOUSE — Seat of spiritual indwelling. 1 Tim., 3-15. 2 
Cor., 5-1. 

HUNGER AND THIRST— Intense spiritual desire. 
Matt., 5-6. 



INCENSE — Acceptable prayer or service. Rev., 5-8. 

IRON — Strength, irresistible power, obduracy. Job, 
40-18. Ps., 2-9. Isa., 48-4. 



J-K-L 209 



JERUSALEM — The Church in one or other dispensa- 
tion. Gal., 4-25-26. 



K 

KEY — Power to admit or exclude, specially as regards 

the Church. Matt., 16-19. 
KING — Possessor of royal power. Rev., 1-6; 5-10. 
KNEE — (Bowed) subjection, reverence. Eph., 3-14. 

Phil., 2-10. 



LADDER — Communication with heaven. Gen., 28-12. 
LAMB — Meek submissiveness and sacrifice. John, 1-29. 
LAMBS — The young and weak members of Christ's 

flock. Isa., 40-11. John, 21-15. 
LAMP — Directive light or guidance. 1 Kings, 15-4. 

Matt., 25-7. 
LEAVEN — Corrupt doctrine and practice^ Matt., 16-6. 



210 M 

LEAVES— Prof usion ; product. Ps., 1-3. Rev., 22-2. 
LEPROSY — Uncleanness in heart and life. Lev., 13-14. 
LIGHT— Truth, joy, purity. Ps., 112-4; 119-105. 1 

Thess., 5-5. 
LILY — LoveHness and purity. Cant., 2-1-2. Matt., 6-28. 
LINEN — Fine, the righteousness of saints. Rev., 19-8. 
LION— Majesty; royal might. Gen., 49-9. Rev., 5-5. 
LOCUST — Numberless, devastating hosts or armies. 

Joel, 1-4. Rev., 9-3-7. 
LOINS GIRT— Readiness for action. 1 Pet., 1-13. 



M 

MANNA — Spiritual provision. Rev., 2-17. 
MARRIAGE— Relationship between God and his 

Church. Isa., 54-5. 
MEASURED— Appropriated. Zech., 2-2. Rev., 11-1. 
MILK — Elementary spiritual instruction. 1 Cor., 3-2. 

Heb., 5-12. 
MIRE— Pollution ; degradation. Job, 30-19. 2 Pet, 2-22. 
MOON — Subordinate ruling power. Rev., 12-1. 
MOTHER— Source of spiritual life or death. Gal., 4-26. 

Rev., 17-5. 
MOUNTAIN — Strength, civil and spiritual; kingdom. 

Isa., 2-12-14. Dan., 2-35. 



N-O-P 211 



N 



NAIL— Steadfastness. Isa., 22-23. 
NAKEDNESS— Spiritual destitution. Rev., 3-17-18. 

NAME — Descriptive designation; the qualities implied 
by a certain designation; honour. Ruth, 
1-20. Luke, 1-31-32. 

NET — Ensnaring device. Ps., 9-15. 

NIGHT — Spiritual darkness or ignorance. Rom., 13-12. 

o 

OAK— Strength. Amos, 2-9. 

OIL— The Holy Spirit. Matt, 25-4. 

OLIVE TREE — Source of spiritual supphes; fruitful- 

ness to God. Rom., 11. Jer., 11-16. 
OLIVE WILD— Man in his natural state. Rom., 11-17. 
OX — Patience and strength of labour. Ps., 144-14. 



PALM TREE — Growth and fruitfulness of grace in the 

righteous. Ps., 92-12. 
PALM BRANCHES— Triumph after victory. John, 

12-13. Rev., 7-9. 



212 R 

PARADISE — The immediate presence of God. Luke, 
23-43. 

PASSOA'ER — Sacrifice of deliverance. 1 Cor., 5-7. 
PEARL — A treasure easily coveted and sought after, 
^latt., 13-46. ' 

PILLAR — Support; a fixed place. 1 Tim.. 3-15. Rev., 

3-12. 
PLOUGH— Spiritual labour. Luke, 9-62. 1 Cor., 9-10. 
PLUMB LIXE — Exact measurement. Amos, 7-7-8. 
POTTER— God in his sovereignty. Jer., 18-1-10. Rom., 

9-21. 

POUNDS— .Sff TALENTS. 

PRICKS — (Ox-goads) promptings of conscience. Acts, 

9-5. 
PURPLE — Imperial or royal authority ; luxury. Luke, 

16-19. John/l9-2. Rev.^ 18-16. 



R 

RAIN — Refreshing and reviving heavenly blessing. Ps., 

84-6. Heb., 6-7. 
RAINBO^^'— Pledge of promise. Ezek., 1-28. Rev., 

4-3. 
RED— Bloodshed ; war. Isa., 63-2. Zech., 1-8. 
REED — Weakness, inconsistency. Isa., 36-6. Matt., 11-7. 
REINS — Inward thoughts and feelings ; conscience. Ps., 

26-2. Rev., 2-23. 



S 213 

RING — Honour, loving relationship. Gen., 41-42. Luke, 
15-22. 

RIVER— Full-flowing plenty. John, 7-38. Ps., 65-9. 

ROCK — Place of safety; firm foundation; source of 
blessing. Ps., 28-1. Matt., 16-18. 1 Cor., 
10-4. 

ROD — Instrument of chastisement; stay; bribe. Ps., 2-9; 
23-4; 74-2. 

ROSE — The spouse in her pleasant beauty. Cant., 2-1. 



s 

SALT — Salvation or saving power ; wisdom ; divine life. 

Matt., 5-13. Mark, 9-49. Col, 4-6. 
SAND— Countless multitude. Ps., 139-18. 
SCARLET — Earthly dominion and glory. Rev., 17-3-4. 
SCEPTRE— Royal authority. Gen., 49-10. Amos, 1-5-8. 
SCORPIONS— Instruments of torture. Rev., 9-3-5-10. 
SEA — Nations of the earth ; turbulence. Isa., 60-5 ; 57-20. 
SEAL — Confirmation, security, secrecy, restriction, 

mark. Job, 9-7. Isa., 29-11. 2 Tim., 

2-19. Rev., 60-4. 
SERPENT— Cunning, subtlety. 2 Cor., 11-3. 
SHADOW— Protection. Ps., 91-1. 
SHEEP — God's elect as cared for by him and his son. 

John, 10-3; 21-16. 



214 S 

SHEPHERD— Guardian, ruler, guide. Ps., 23. Nahum, 
3-18. 

SHIELD — Protection and defence. Gen., 15-1. Ps., 3-3. 
SHIP— Commerce. Rev., 8-9; 18-19. 
SHOES — Equipment for the journey of life. Exod., 
12-11. Eph., 6-15. 

SHOES OFF — Awe, reverence. Exod., 3-5. 

SHOULDER — Faculty of bearing or ruling. Isa., 22-22. 

Luke, 15-5. 
SILENCE— Utter desolation. Isa., 15-1. Jer., 7-14. 
SILVER — Price of redemption. Exod., 30-12-16. 

SLEEP — Death of the body, to be follow^ed by resurrec- 
tion. John, 11-11. 1 Cor., 15-51. 

SMOKE— Visitation of judgment. Isa., 14-31. Rev., 9. 

SNOW— Purity. Ps., 51-7. Rev., 1-14. 

SODOM and GOMORRAH— Spiritually reprobate peo- 
ple. Rev., 11-8. 

SPARROW — The commonest as an object of God's 
care. Ps., 86-3. 

STAFF— Divine support. Ps., 23-4. Isa., 14-5. 

STARS — Subordinate rulers. Rev., 8-12. 

STONE — -Foundation of a divine work ; cause of stumb- 
ling. Ps., 118-22. 1 Pet, 2-8. 

STONES, PRECIOUS— Fundamental spiritual graces. 
Rev., 21-19. 

SUN — Supreme ruling power. Joel, 2-31. 



T 215 

SWALLOW— Restlessness. Ps., 84-3. Prov., 26-2. 
SWINE — Uncleanness in natui'e and habit. 2 Pet., 2-22. 
SWORD — Searching judgment; war and bloodshed; 
magisterial autliority. Rom., 13-4. Heb., 
.4-12. Rev., 6-4. 



TABERNACLE— The body in which the soul dwells ; a 
place where God dwells. 2 Cor., 5-1. 
Heb., 8-2. 

TABLE — Communion; fellowship. Ps., 23-5. 1 Cor., 
10-21. 

TAIL — Lower classes; inferior part. Isa., 9-14-15. 
Rev., 12-4. 

TALENTS— Gifts for service. Matt., 25-14-30. 

TARES— Worthless pretenders. Matt., 13-24-30. 

TEETH — Cruelty ; destructive power. Ps., 58-6. Dan., 
7-5-7. 

TEMPEST— Violent affliction or judgment. Job, 9-17. 
Ps., 11-6. 

TEMPLE— 5^-^ TABERNACLE. Jer., 7-4. Eph., 2-21. 

THIGHS— Strength. Gen., 32-25. Ps., -45-3. 

THORNS — Unprofitable things ; instruments of chastise- 
ment. 2 Cor., 12-7. Heb., 6-8. 

THRONE— Seat of power. Isa., 66-1. 



216 U-V-W 

TOWER— Place of safety. Ps., 61-3. Pfov., 18-10. 
TRAVAIL— Anxiety and strength of spirit. Gal., 4-19. 
TREES— Men in high places. Ezek., 31-2. Rev., 8-7. 



u 

UNICORN— Strength. Num., 23-22. Ps., 22-21, 



VINE — The Church of Israel or of Jesus Christ. Ps., 
80-8-19. John, 15. 

VIPERS — Those whose doctrines or ways conceal a 
deadly poison. Matt., 3-7; 12-34. 

VIRGINS — The undefiled in the ways of the world. 

Rev., 14-4. 
VULTURE — Keenness of vision. Job, 28-7. 



w 

WALLS— Security. Isa., 26-1. Rev., 21-14. 
WATER — Refreshing grace; sanctifying power; repent- 
ance. Ezek., 36-25. John, 3-5. 



Y-Z 217 

WATERS — Afflictions ; nations under certain influences. 

Ps., 18-16, Rev., 17-15. 
WAVES— Divinely inflicted judgments. Ps., 42-7; 88-7. 
WHEAT— A divine gift ; God's elect. Joel, 2-24. Matt., 

3-12. 
WHEELS — Course of Providence on earth. Ezek., 1-15. 

Dan., 7-9. 
WHITE— Purity ; festive joy. Rev., 1-14; 3-4. 
WIDOW— Desolateness. Rev., 18-7. 
WILDERNESS — State of affliction and desolation. 

Rev., 12-6; 17-3. 
WIND — Operation of the spirit; fickleness; vain hope. 

Hos., 12-1. Acts, 2-2. Jas., 1-6. 
WINE — Natural excitement; joy; judgment. Jer., 25-15. 
WINGS — Protections; quick action. Ps., 91-4. Rev., 

12-14. 
WINNOWING— Separation by judgment. Matt., 3-12. 
WOLVES— Destroyers of God's elect. John, 10-12. 
V^OMAN— The Church false as well as true. Rev., 2-20. 



YOKE — Restraint ; service ; slavery. Jer., 28-14. Matt., 
11-29-30. 

z 

ZION— The Christian Church. Heb., 12-22. 



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